Smartphone users in the US may soon be deprived of TikTok as the US government continues its move toward a ban on the popular social media app.
The end has been looming for TikTok ever since the House of Representatives passed a bill in March that would block TikTok and other Chinese-owned social media services from mobile devices in the United States.
Titled Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, the bill passed with a 325-65 vote in favor. It similarly sailed through the Senate, and then the clock began ticking when President Biden signed it into law in April.
The US government banned TikTok from government-owned devices in late 2022, following concerns that it was collecting vast amounts of user data and storing it on servers in China. Several other countries, including Canada, Australia, Taiwan, the European Union, New Zealand, and the UK, have instituted similar bans on government employees. However, the new bill passed in March would block TikTok from operating within US borders entirely — and prohibit Apple and Google from offering it on their respective app marketplaces.
https://www.idropnews.com/news/tiktok-set-to-be-banned-in-the-us-on-january-19/231368/
https://bgr.com/tech/tiktok-us-ban-set-to-take-effect-in-january-after-appeals-court-loss/
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-court-upholds-ban-tiktok-211802654.html
https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/money/tiktok-closer-to-us-ban-after-losing-court-appeal/ar-AA1vqBRC
Federal appeals court upholds law that could ban TikTok, say platform could be unavailable in U.S.
The D.C. Circuit voted to uphold the ban, citing national security threats and the collection of data from TikTok users.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/federal-judges-uphold-tiktok-ban-say-platform-us-rcna183106