What the U.S. Can Learn From India’s TikTok Ban | WSJ

Congress is considering banning TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media app that millions of Americans use daily. But the U.S. wouldn’t be the first country to ban the app - India banned TikTok in 2020. One of the main reasons for the ban in both India and the U.S. stems from TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance.

WSJ breaks down TikTok bans and how they work in practice.

Chapters:
0:00 Potential TikTok ban
0:30 India vs. TikTok
3:28 How do you ban TikTok?
5:26 Why banning TikTok matters?
6:46 What’s next?

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