TikTok is now banned in the US state of Montana. Parliament in the capital Helena on Friday voted 54 to 43 for the first total ban in a US state. The app of the Chinese group Bytedance is suspected of giving the Chinese Communist Party access to user data.
Recently, several Western states had banned public sector employees from using TikTok on company cell phones.
With more than a billion users worldwide, TikTok is especially popular with the younger generation. The short video service has already overtaken other networks such as YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook in terms of time spent on it.
Used for espionage or propaganda purposes?
However, experts warn that the app could be used by the Chinese Communist Party for espionage or propaganda purposes. The Chinese government denied last month that it was urging Chinese companies to hand over personal user data collected abroad.
Source: Krone
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