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Message displayed to US users on the TikTok app during the shutdown on January 18, 2025. The short-form video-hosting service TikTok has been under a de jure nationwide ban in the United States since January 19, 2025, due to the US government's concerns over potential user data collection and influence operations by the government of the People's Republic of China.
If a TikTok ban occurs, established social media platforms, such as Meta’s Instagram, Snapchat and Google’s YouTube are expected to benefit from having one of their biggest competitors taken ...
On 21 March 2023, the federal government began a review of the app. [131] The review is expected to ban TikTok on all official government devices. It has been reported that some politicians are using burner phones due to the ban. [132] On 4 April 2023, TikTok was banned on all government devices, including the mobile phones of politicians. [133]
A ban on TikTok in the U.S. – a congressional bill signed by President Biden – could go into effect Sunday, Jan. 19. Here's what users need to know.
Users could try to access a web-based version of TikTok via a browser while using a VPN, but the web version lacks many features of the app and - if the user has to create a new account - would ...
The result was that the parent company of TikTok, ByteDance—which initially planned on selling a small portion of TikTok to an American company—agreed to divest TikTok to prevent a ban in the United States and in other countries where restrictions are also being considered due to privacy concerns, which themselves are mostly related to its ...
The Supreme Court upheld a law that effectively bans TikTok in the U.S., leading to a plethora of questions regarding the future of the app. The law, signed by President Joe Biden last year ...
“TikTok had an impact, and so we're taking a look at it,” Trump said. “I have a little bit of a warm spot in my heart. I'll be honest." Trump's team did not respond to a USA TODAY request ...