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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.
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.
TikTok’s future in the U.S. is still up in the air. After TikTok came back online, some Republicans appeared to contradict Trump on how things might play out. House Speaker Mike, R-La., Johnson ...
The popular social media app TikTok went dark for its 170 million American users on Jan. 19, after months of fighting the federal government’s demand that it separate from its China-based parent ...
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]
The TikTok provision is part of a larger package of aid bills that will also send new funds to support Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific. TikTok offices in Culver City, California seen in March.
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 ...
Meta and YouTube take on TikTok’s lost users. ... (GOOG, GOOGL), as the growth would still only account for 0.1% to 0.3% of Google’s total 2026 ad revenue estimates. (Nowak instead said the ...