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On 21 March 2023, the federal government began a review of the app. [133] The review is expected to ban TikTok on all official government devices. It has been reported that some politicians are using burner phones due to the ban. [134] On 4 April 2023, TikTok was banned on all government devices, including the mobile phones of politicians. [135]
Even with any assurances from Donald Trump, companies like Apple, Google, and Oracle would be taking a risk by not complying with the TikTok ban.
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 ...
The case has become a pivotal moment in the debate over free speech and national security, following President Joe Biden's new act to ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based parent company ...
Why could TikTok be banned in the US? Many government officials have seen TikTok as a national security threat for several years − worried that ByteDance, which is based in Beijing, has access ...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that, if approved by the Senate, could force TikTok's Chinese parent company to sell the social media platform or face a ban in the U.S.
Why TikTok was banned. The central allegation against TikTok is that the company poses a potential national security risk. US officials have worried that the Chinese government could pressure ...