Key Takeaways
- TikTok faces a ban in several countries and will be banned in the US.
- TikTok is banned in the US due to some privacy reasons. Scroll down for more details.
- What next? Know more further updates and activities after TikTok’s Ban in the US.
TikTok is a world-famous social media platform to create and share short videos. It runs on the TikTok application, which is available in different App stores around the world. TikTok is a third-party application owned by ByteDance. As per sources TikTok might face a ban in the US.
TikTok is having some privacy related issues with many countries. It sometimes results in TikTok being banned in those countries. Similarly, TikTok is also facing some issues in the US as well. There has been a lot of disturbance and confusion in the US Government for a long time regarding TikTok.
Why was TikTok banned in many countries?
TikTok is a third-party application and a third-party application requires personal data of the users for the app development purposes. A third-party app can also steal sensitive information of the users and could be more harmful than the expectations.
A third-party can also breach the security system of the country. and could be more harmful than the expectations. This is the main reason TikTok is banned in several countries. Even many other countries are thinking about banning it there.
Reason Behind Why is TikTok’s Ban in the US
The US was already planning to ban TikTok for a long time for its suspiciousness. The United States of America always remains concerned with security and privacy. The US banned TikTok due to national security reasons in the presence of federal law.
The Federal Law of the United States asked ByteDance to end-up the US operations. After not getting any positive sign or response from ByteDance for a long time, the Government finally decided to ban TikTok in the US.
Although a petition was filed to the US Supreme Court, they also sustained their decision to ban TikTok in the US. So, the TikTok ban came into effect in the US from 20 January 2025 until ByteDance does not end-up with US operations.
Here’s What Next?
As TikTok faces a ban in the US it’s owner company ByteDance is trying its best to improve the current situation. The situation is quite complicated right now.
However, discussion is still going on between the two sides and everything is possible. Well, it’s too early to say anything about what will happen next. Stay connected for further updates. Till then, have a great day.
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