What Happened When India Pulled the Plug on TikTok

Then, on June 29, 2020, the Indian government banned TikTok, along with 58 other Chinese apps, after a simmering conflict between India and China flared into violence at their border. A popular ... Read More

Is the US banning TikTok? What a TikTok ban would mean for you.

TikTok's fate is now tied to a foreign aid package for Ukraine and Israel, increasing the chances of the popular Chinese-controlled app being banned. Read More

What happened when Tiktok app was banned in India, Chinese company's biggest market

Then, on June 29, 2020, the Indian government announced the ban on Tiktok, along with 58 other Chinese apps, after a border dispute between India and China flared into violence. The decision by ... Read More

Reciprocal Access: How to Deal with TikTok and Other Chinese Apps Fairly and Democratically

Liberal democracies should restrict TikTok and other Chinese apps until China allows foreign platforms equal and fair access to the Chinese digital market. Read More

It Was India That First Banned Chinese App TikTok Over Security Concerns

was banned in India. The country then was one of the largest markets for the social media platform outside of China. The government blocked TikTok along with 59 other Chinese apps citing security ... Read More

What happened when the world’s most populous nation turned off TikTok

after a violent clash on the India-China border that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead, the government in New Delhi suddenly banned TikTok and several other well-known Chinese apps. Read More

Should China's TikTok be banned? ByteDance says it will cost US $25 bn, hit 7 mn businesses

TikTok owner, ByteDance, which is a Chinese company, has slammed US move to try and ban the app saying it will hurt the US economy and businessmen there. Read More

TikTok ban opponents pin hopes on Senate

Opponents of legislation that could ban TikTok in the United States are pinning their hopes on the Senate as the House readies to send a major foreign aid package to the upper chamber. The legislation ... Read More

TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance paying influencers to push its other app Lemon8 as ban looms

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is paying influencers to push its other social media platform Lemon8 — as the Senate considers banning the video-sharing giant. The Chinese giant faces either ... Read More

Here's what Apple will say if a US TikTok ban becomes law

Sometimes Apple (and other Big Tech companies) have to compromise to stay in business in other countries. It could happen in the US, too. Read More

Senate mulls TikTok ban amid US national security concerns

Senator Ted Cruz speaks to reporters regarding a bipartisan border security ... have told ABC News there is little evidence that TikTok has shared U.S. user data with the Chinese government ... Read More

France bans TikTok, other ‘recreational’ apps on work phones of public servants

This decision concerns in particular TikTok, Twitter and Instagram, according to Franceinfo news channel ... already banned or restricted the use of Chinese social network TikTok on work devices. Read More