DStv Channel 403 Monday, 20 January 2025

TikTok Ban | Chinese social media giant given 90-day reprieve

CAPE TOWN - The United States (US) is inching closer and closer to a potential TikTok ban.

The popular social media app shut down its services to millions of users on Saturday,
but was restored on Sunday afternoon.

READ | TikTok restores service in US, thanking Trump

TikTok's Saturday black-out comes after the Supreme Court upheld a ban that was passed into law in April.

It prevents United States companies from hosting or creating content on the Chinese-owned social media platform, unless it sells to a buyer from the US or one of its allies.

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