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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.
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. [107] Some universities have banned TikTok on campus Wi-Fi and university-owned computers. [108] New York City has banned the app on city-owned devices. [109]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin and North Carolina have joined at least 22 other states in banning the popular social The post EXPLAINER: List of states banning TikTok grows appeared first on ...
Here are all the countries that have banned or partially banned the app: Afghanistan. The Taliban government banned TikTok in April 2022, saying that the application was “misleading youths ...
Other U.S. states that have banned TikTok on state devices include Texas, Maryland and South Dakota. Indiana has also sued the app, alleging that it is deceiving users about China's access to ...
Later that day, President Trump announced plans to ban TikTok in the United States. [30] Trump's ban threat was condemned by TikTok users, many of whom argued that national security concerns were being used as a cover by the administration to justify a ban as retaliation for pranks aimed at Trump by TikTok users (particularly, a ticket ...
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 ...