TikTok under tighter restrictions in the US?

TikTok under tighter restrictions in the US?

In 2020, after a geopolitical dispute with China, India banned the app entirely, citing a law that allows the government to block websites and apps in the interest of the country's “sovereignty and integrity.”TikTok has faced temporary bans for all users in Indonesia, Bangladesh and Pakistan over the spread of content deemed inappropriate by government officials.

Now comments made as legislation to ban the Chinese-owned app in the US is making its way through Congress.The US is open to further action on curbing TikTok as legislation to ban the Chinese-owned app in the United States began making its way through the US Congress.Biden’s administration is out to thwart China and other countries from “seeking to leverage digital technologies and Americans’ data in ways that present unacceptable national security risks,” said White House press secretary Olivia Dalton on Tuesday.“We’ll continue to look at other actions that we can take and that includes how to work with Congress on this issue,” Dalton told reporters aboard Air Force One.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee was set to vote later Tuesday on legislation introduced by Republicans that would give Biden the authority to outright *ban* TikTok in the US.The bill then would go to a full vote in the House of Representatives, where its passage was also likely.The video-sharing service has more than a billion users worldwide, including more than 100 million in the US, where it has become a cultural force, especially among young people, which has raised alarm bells among legislators.

The White House on Monday gave federal agencies 30 days to purge TikTok from all government-issued devices, setting a deadline to comply with a ban.TikTok sharply criticised the bans as “little more than political theatre.”

“We hope that when it comes to addressing national security concerns about TikTok beyond government devices, Congress will explore solutions that won’t have the effect of censoring the voices of millions of Americans,” TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter told AFP.“Unfortunately that approach has served as a blueprint for other world governments,” Oberwetter said.Denmark’s parliament announced Tuesday that it asked MPs and staff to remove TikTok from mobile devices because of the “risk of spying.”