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As of April 2023, at least 34 out of 50 states have announced or enacted bans on state government agencies, employees, and contractors using TikTok on government-issued devices. State bans only affect government employees and do not prohibit civilians from having or using the app on their personal devices.
TikTok could be banned in the US unless it is sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance. The video sharing app has millions of users worldwide, but has faced questions over the security of users' data...
TikTok could be banned in the U.S. as soon as January 2025. Here’s what the new law means for users of the popular short-form video app. Did the TikTok Ban Bill Become a Law? Yes.
Is TikTok about to go from a social media powerhouse to banned in the U.S.? That reality is one big step closer now that a bill potentially banning the app with 170 million American users was ...
TikTok has been banned on devices owned by the federal government, with some exceptions. It has also been banned in at least 34 (out of 50) states on devices issued by state governments. [89] They generally do not prohibit civilians from having or using the app on personal devices.
In November 2020, a former TikTok executive told a British parliamentary committee that TikTok censored content critical of China, particularly content related to the persecution of Uyghurs in China. [25] In January 2021, TikTok banned Trump-related content deemed to be inciting violence. [26]
Why is TikTok getting banned? The controversial bipartisan ban follows concerns about the parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, giving American users' data to the Chinese government.
KRUTIKA PATHI. April 24, 2024 at 11:03 AM. NEW DELHI (AP) — The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S., where a measure to outlaw the video-sharing app has won ...
Amanda Wallace , NorthJersey.com. March 13, 2024 at 4:07 PM. The House voted on and approved a bill on Wednesday that could lead to the banning of TikTok in the United States.
Here are all the countries that have banned or partially banned the app: Afghanistan The Taliban government banned TikTok in April 2022 , saying that the application was “misleading youths.”