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MichMan

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1. Why doesn't China allow it for it's own residents?

Reply to TheProle (Original post)

Fri Jan 17, 2025, 11:30 AM

Jan 2025

Since its inception, the TikTok platform has been intended for non-Chinese markets and is unavailable in mainland China. It pulled out of Hong Kong in 2020 when Beijing imposed a national security law on the territory to curtail speech. As data security concerns started to rise in the U.S., TikTok sought to reassure lawmakers that data gathered on U.S. users stays in the country and is inaccessible to ByteDance employees in Beijing.

https://apnews.com/article/china-unitedstates-tiktok-chew-2d851c716d6454d7c87762a056604c7a

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Why doesn't China allow it for it's own residents? MichMan Jan 2025 #1

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No I Rebl2 Jan 2025 #11

President Biden signed it into law Shrek Jan 2025 #13