TikTok is battling many fronts, including a possible ban in the U.S., the national security law in China, and competitors eager to pounce on its challenges and win over its audience.
But TikTok's success — and its status as the first Chinese-owned social media platform to garner widespread adoption outside its home market — is looking increasingly tenuous.over security concerns related to TikTok and its parent company, Beijing-based internet company ByteDance, following a similar decision by India. In the meantime, at least one US corporation is already taking action to restrict use of the app on company phones.
"One of the things that troubles me about it is, it's something that is counter to the spirit of the internet," said Mark Lemley, a law professor at Stanford who teaches internet law. "I think something significant is lost there if the only apps we get are US apps or apps from approved countries. We lose out as consumers on technology that people like ... but in the long run the US also loses out economically, because we have been the great driver of the Internet."banned TikTok
and 58 other Chinese apps last month following a border clash between India and China, citing a "threat to sovereignty and integrity." The app had been downloaded in India more than 660 million times since 2017, and some of itsSecretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News' Laura Ingraham earlier this month that the White House is "looking at" banning Chinese apps, including TikTok, and said US officials are "taking this very seriously.
US politicians have repeatedly criticized TikTok, accusing it of being a threat to national security because its parent company is based in China and could be compelled to share data with the Chinese government. TikTok has called the concerns "unfounded" and
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