Benjamin Ang and Dymples Leong
11 July 2020
On Jun 29, the Indian government banned TikTok, WeChat, and 57 other Chinese mobile apps citing national security and privacy concerns, and to ensure the “safety and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace”.
On Jul 6, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his administration is "certainly looking at" banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, possibly over national security concerns as well.
Should other nations be concerned and take similar action?
To understand the impact of this ban, we need to understand the reach of these apps. According to social media management platform Hootsuite, TikTok is the sixth largest social media network in the world, with 800 million active users worldwide in more than 150 countries.
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