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Despite being a Chinese-made app, the international version of TikTok does not function on local networks in mainland China or Hong Kong, where users are instead encouraged to use the domestic version Douyin, presumably to shield Chinese users from politically sensitive content posted by foreign 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 ...
As of Sunday morning, TikTok users were still able to download the data via the mobile app and website. Users can still download TikTok data following ban: Here's a step-by-step guide how Skip to ...
A protester waits with a placard as justices hear a bid by TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, to block a law intended to force the sale of the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face ...
There's still some uncertainty about TikTok's future after the court denied parent company ByteDance's argument that a ban on the app infringes on users' free speech.
A majority of apps and websites blocked are the result of the companies not willing to follow the Chinese government's internet regulations on data collection and privacy, user-safety, guidelines and the type of content being shared, posted or hosted. This is a list of the most notable such blocked websites in the country (except Autonomous area).
Most people download apps onto their smartphones and tablets through app stores, so the ban would stop new users from getting TikTok. It also would mean that people who already had the app would ...
Internet censorship in the United States of America is the suppression of information published or viewed on the Internet in the United States.The First Amendment of the United States Constitution protects freedom of speech and expression against federal, state, and local government censorship.