Is Tiktok Banned Globally?

The app was launched in 2016 in China, where it’s called Douyin. It went international in 2017 as TikTok; the name, apparently, is a play on tick-tock, onomatopoeia for clocks and a term for countdowns and minute-by-minute action.

A string of governments and institutions have banned TikTok in recent weeks, including the White House, the UK parliament, the Dutch and Belgian administrations, the New Zealand parliament, and the governments of Canada, India, Pakistan, Taiwan and Jordan.

Why Is Tiktok Getting Banned?

The popular app is under pressure amid concerns over the handling of users’ data. Growing Worries: The Biden administration wants ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, to sell the app or face a possible ban over national security concerns. TikTok is owned by the Beijing-based company, ByteDance, which is subject to Chinese laws that make information from users accessible to the Chinese government. This raises obvious concerns that the Chinese government could spy on American users or even use the app to spread propaganda and disinformation.

How Long Is a Permanent Ban on Tiktok?

Underage ban

An underage ban is a potentially permanent ban that can lead to account deletion after 113 days. Underage accounts are owned by users under 13 years of age (14 in South Korea and Indonesia).

Is Tiktok Banned in the USA?

While stopping short of banning the app on personal devices, a number of other countries, including the United States, Canada and United Kingdom have recently enacted bans of TikTok on official, government devices.

Why is TikTok banned in the US?

The growing political pressure, with calls to ban the app on both sides of the aisle but more broadly from Republicans, is rooted in allegations that TikTok poses national security threats. The company has strongly pushed back on the allegations. Late last year, President Joe Biden signed legislation prohibiting TikTok on federal government devices, and more than half of US states have enacted a similar mandate at the state level. A TikTok spokesperson previously blasted this ban as “little more than political theater.”

Who Is the Owner of TikTok?

Zhang Yiming

The founder of ByteDance, Zhang Yiming, stated that “China is home to only one-fifth of Internet users globally. If we don’t expand on a global scale, we are bound to lose to peers eyeing the four-fifths. So, going global is a must.” The app was launched as TikTok in the international market in September 2017.

Why Is the Government Worried About TikTok?

What is the concern? The US government has said it’s worried China could use its national security laws to access the significant amount of personal information that TikTok, like most social media applications, collects from its US users.

What Will Happen if TikTok Is Banned?

If a ban survived the lawsuits, it would most likely result in Apple and Google, who run the vast majority of smartphones in the U.S., removing TikTok from their app stores and turning off app updates.

Is TikTok 18+ a Thing?

TikTok is extending the hours of its adult swim. The app is letting users restrict their videos so only viewers only the age of 18 can watch. In a blog post, TikTok announced an expansion of its Content Levels, which group the app’s users by age and restrict the content seen by younger groups.

TikTok is typically perceived as the app that lets you create short videos with fun filters and special effects. It became the social media platform for young people. Active users post short videos of themselves, their friends, and other things they find interesting as a way to express themselves.

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