A bad answer to the wrong problem? Countries around the world are banning or thinking about banning TikTok. Why?
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Western allies ban TikTok over spy fears
A bad answer to the wrong problem? Countries around the world are banning or thinking about banning TikTok. Why?
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What's happening?
Delete. Delete. Delete. This is the sound of thousands of people across the world deleting TikTok from their work phones. But why are they doing it?
UK leaders have banned officials from having TikTok on their work phones. And the USA is thinking about banning the app.
Leaders around the world are worried. They fear TikTok is sharing secret information it takes from people's phones with Chinese leaders.
Most apps take information from your phones. But TikTok is linked to the leaders of China.
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But others say this is not the answer. Most apps take information. And TikTok is one of the most popular apps in the world. People might find ways to use it anyway.
Yes! People would ignore the ban and it would make China angry for no reason. TikTok is no worse than any other social media site.
No! There is still a lot we do not know about what TikTok can do. It is better to be safe than sorry.
Western allies ban TikTok over spy fears
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