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[-] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago

Better question: Will the world rejoice in having a social media network without Americans?

[-] [email protected] -2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It’s already banned in Afghanistan, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Taiwan, Denmark, European Union, France, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Somalia, and United Kingdom.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/these-countries-have-already-banned-tiktok

[-] [email protected] 35 points 2 days ago

A lot of these are partial bans. Canada for example only bans it for government issued phones which makes sense, there shouldn't be any apps let alone social media apps on those devices.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago

Same with Australia. Seems a bit disingenuous to say it's banned, it's a government worker policy.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Sure. Exactly the same in France.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

And it’s also only banned on work devices. There’s no ban on government employees having TikTok on their personal phones, although I personally don’t.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Yeah same for Australia.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Same for Belgium

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

That's very inaccurate information.

It's basically only the government officials who can't have the app installed on their phones, for security reasons.

That's it.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Am from the Netherlands. Can confirm TikTok hasn't been blocked yet. I think the ban only applies to some government officials, and I don't think it's enforced well for most of those.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

A post so inaccurate it belongs on tic toc.

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