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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.
The federal government and 27 state governments have banned popular China-based video sharing mobile app TikTok from government-issued devices.
Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act; Long title: An Act to protect the national security of the United States from the threat posed by foreign adversary controlled applications, such as TikTok and any successor application or service and any other application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Ltd. or an entity under the control of ByteDance Ltd.
Montana has become the first state in the U.S. to ban the popular video-sharing app TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance. The controversial move is sure to face legal challenges.
Nepal banned TikTok for all its citizens in November 2023, saying the app was “detrimental to social harmony.” ... Approximately half of all states ban the app on state-owned devices, ...
TikTok has been banned on devices owned by the federal government. It has also been banned in all 50 states on devices issued by state governments. [106] Some universities have banned TikTok on campus Wi-Fi and university-owned computers. [107] New York City has banned the app on city-owned devices. [108]
The U.S. Supreme Court officially upheld the law to ban the TikTok social media app on Friday.. The case has become a pivotal moment in the debate over free speech and national security, following ...
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 ...