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The Islamic Republic bans TikTok along with other internationally popular social media platforms including X and Facebook. Ireland. TikTok was banned from government devices in Ireland in April ...
The result was that TikTok owner 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 ownership by a ...
TikTok and parent company ByteDance filed a request Dec. 9 to pause legislation that could ban the app, until the Supreme Court has a chance to weigh in. ... USA TODAY and Yahoo may earn ...
TikTok’s Supreme Court request to pause enforcement of the ban is likely to be taken up on the court's so-called "shadow docket." Nicknamed for its lack of transparency, the docket refers to the ...
In October 2020, TikTok users in Armenia reported a loss of app functionality, although it has not been confirmed whether this was the result of any intervention by the Armenian government in response to the use of the app by Azerbaijani sources to spread misinformation during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war.
TikTok's content moderation policies have been criticized as non-transparent. Internal guidelines against the promotion of violence, separatism, and "demonization of countries" could be used to prohibit content related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Falun Gong, Tibet, Taiwan, Chechnya, Northern Ireland, the Cambodian genocide, the 1998 Indonesian riots, Kurdish nationalism ...
A federal appeals court denied TikTok's petition for the Supreme Court to pause and review legislation that could ban the social media app in the United States. However, a comment from President ...
Nepal banned TikTok due to concerns over its content's impact on society. [4] Home Minister Narayan Kaji highlighted worries about harmful content and youth influence. Despite failed attempts to address these concerns with TikTok directly, the government imposed the ban to protect public interests and promote responsible social media use. [5]