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Tik Tok Ban

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Tik Tok Ban Tik Tok is in process of being banned in United States of America amid fears of surreptitious data collection of its users and sending it back to its servers back in China ruled by the Chinese Communist Party. National security has been cited as the main concern for the possible ban. The trend has followed by reviewing and banning more Chinese apps which will stifle Chinese tech and its usage in United States. Many US firms like Amazon and Wells Fargo have followed by asking their employees to remove Tik Tok from their devices especially the devices that host corporate emails. Tik Tok officials have denied claims of any infringement to security of U.S and its businesses. India has also banned Tik Tok along with 59 other Chinese apps over concerns of data breaches as cited by the Indian Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology. India has the highest number of Tik Tok users, followed by the US. Earlier, Indonesia and Bangladesh had banned Tik Tok for falling afoul