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Verdict: False. American social media platforms are banned in China, though many get around the ban. Fact Check: TikTok is poised to be banned in the United States if the Supreme Court does not ...
TikTok, which has always maintained that it does not share its U.S.-based users’ data with the Chinese government, was initially set to be banned in Jan. 19 following the passage of a bipartisan ...
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.
Social media app TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance, will be banned in the United States on Sunday unless a deal comes together to sell it to a U.S. investor or the U.S. Supreme Court ...
It has also been banned in all 50 states on devices issued by state governments. They prohibit civilians from using the app on personal devices. Some universities have banned TikTok on campus Wi-Fi and university-owned computers. [106] New York City has banned the app on city-owned devices. [107]
The ban gave Chinese-owned ByteDance until 19 January to sell TikTok. If it fails to do so, a nationwide ban is set to come into force – despite having 170 million US users.
TikTok's content moderation policies have been criticized as non-transparent (especially Douyin's). Internal guidelines depending on the country 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 ...
LONDON (AP) — TikTok is in the crosshairs of authorities in the U.S., where new legislation threatens a nationwide ban unless its China-based parent ByteDance divests. It would be the biggest blow yet to the popular video-sharing app, which has faced various restrictions around the world.