TikTok is Officially Banned in This United States of America, Rules Effective January 1, 2024

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – Calls for a ban on TikTok in the United States begin to take effect. Now, Montana is the first state to

A state in the United States, Montana, became the first state in the United States to decide to ban TikTok.

Banning TikTok in the US is nothing new. In fact, this application made in China has faced various accusations and threats of banning since it was first launched in 2017.

To quote GizchinaThursday (18/5/2023), concerns about TikTok stem from the ownership of the company by ByteDance from China.

The reason is, ByteDance is accused of collecting user data in the United States and sharing it with the Chinese government. For your information, in 2020, the Trump administration is seeking to outright ban TikTok. However, the ban was blocked by the courts.

For your information, in recent months, the pressure on TikTok has increased. The reason is, the CEO of TikTok recently testified before the US Congress regarding the company’s data security practices.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew assured lawmakers that TikTok does not share data of its US users with the Chinese government.

Shou Zi Chew also insists that the application is safe for use by users in America. However, some lawmakers remain skeptical and have called for a ban on the app.

Amidst all of this, on May 17, 2023, Montana passed a bill to ban the use of TikTok.

The ban on using TikTok for government staff extends to various countries. Apart from the United States (US) government, there are currently 10 countries that have banned the use of the short video application made by Bytedance, including the European Union…