Tiktok Bans

• TikTok faces ‘pivotal moment’ as U.S. lawmakers seek ban, CEO tells users

  The comments from CEO Shou Zi Chew, who will testify to a U.S. House committee this week, come as lawmakers seek to ban the popular app over national security concerns.

  Tech

  Mar 21, 2023
  
• U.S. wants TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to divest over security. Is it too late?

  Growing concerns over TikTok's potential risk to national security is leading to more government bans of the popular app, but TikTok says divestment won't solve anything.

  Tech

  Mar 16, 2023
  
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• TikTok says Chinese divestment wouldn’t solve national security concerns

  The company was responding to a report that said the Biden administration was threatening a U.S. ban on the app unless its Beijing-based owners sell their stakes.

  U.S. News

  Mar 15, 2023
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• Canada not the only country to ban TikTok. Here’s what others are doing

  TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company Bytedance, has long maintained that it does not share data with the Chinese government and that its data is not held in China.

  World

  Mar 1, 2023
• Jordan bans TikTok, blames app for ‘inciting violence and disorder’ amid protests

  Jordan's Public Security Directorate said it was suspending TikTok "after its misuse and failing to deal with publications inciting violence and disorder."

  Tech

  Dec 16, 2022