IN PICS | Which Nations Have Banned TikTok? Here’s A List

On June 29, 2020 (during COVID-19), TikTok, controlled by Chinese giant ByteDance, was banned in India due to security concerns. (Image Source: Getty)

The European Parliament banned TikTok on March 20, 2023. It also ‘strongly recommended’ that members of parliament and staff remove the app from their personal devices. (Image Source: Getty)

Britain in mid-March of 2023 banned TikTok from mobile phones used by government ministers and civil servants. Officials said the ban was a “precautionary move” on security grounds. (Image Source: Getty)

Canada banned TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices by the end of February 2023, reflecting widening worries from Western officials over the Chinese-owned video sharing app. (Image Source: Getty)

On April 4, 2023, Australia banned TikTok from all federal government-owned devices over security concerns. Government authorities said TikTok posed security and privacy risks due to the “extensive collection of user data and exposure to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government that conflicts with Australian law”. (Image Source: Getty)

On March 17, 2023, New Zealand announced TikTok would be banned from the phones of government lawmakers at the end of the month. (Image Source: Getty)

In December 2022, Taiwan imposed a public sector ban on the app after the FBI warned that it posed a national security risk. (Image Source: Getty)

The Government of Nepal announced a ban on the Chinese-owned app TikTok on November 13, 2023, on the grounds that its contents were detrimental to social harmony. (Image Source: Getty)

On August 21, 2023, Somalia’s communications ministry banned TikTok citing the spread of propaganda and indecent content. (Image Source: Getty)

The Taliban ordered a ban on TikTok in April 2022, insisting that it was leading Afghan youths “astray”. (Image Source: Getty)

Pakistan has been banning TikTok repeatedly since 2020. However, it has a habit of lifting the ban after some time. The reason given by Pakistan behind these bans was that the app promoted immoral content (Image Source: Getty)

Recently, the US has passed a bill to ban TikTok, however, there is still some time before this comes into action. (Image Source: Getty)