The app’s future remains up in the air following partial bans nationwide.
, the video-sharing app provides an endless stream of entertainment, not to mention a significant source of revenue for content creators and businesses. It remains one of the most popular social media platforms, with about 100 million active users in the United States according to, but in recent months, the federal government and state lawmakers have escalated efforts to ban TikTok.
, Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Data Science at the University of New Haven, breaks down why lawmakers want to ban TikTok in the United States and what a total restriction on the app might mean for your account.There are a few different reasons why lawmakers want the video-sharing app blocked nationwide. The biggest concern is that TikTok is owned by a Chinese company, ByteDance Ltd.
Despite this regulation, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has asserted that the app has never provided the Chinese government with U.S. user data. “TikTok has never shared, or received a request to share, U.S. user data with the Chinese government. Nor would TikTok honor such a request if one were ever made,” Chew said in written testimony to the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee in March 2023, per.
“The reasons for these bans vary from country to country,” he explains. “In some cases, the bans are due to concerns about national security or data privacy. In other cases, the bans are due to concerns about the content that is allowed on TikTok, such as videos that promote violence, hate speech, or dangerous challenges.”
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