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TikTok Ban News: A new legislation in the US could imply TikTok may get banned in the country soon. As per the newly approved law, the short-video platform can either sell the operations to an American firm or get banned in the US after a nine-month deadline. This update comes amid the claims of the US authorities that the app's parent company ByteDance works under China's influence and may share data of Americans with the Chinese government.

TikTok has repeatedly denied these claims and added it will appeal the bill. However, these are not the first sanctions on the app. TikTok has been banned in other countries in the past, including India. Here is a detailed look at the places where the short video platform is banned.

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TikTok Banned Countries

Afghanistan: The app was banned next to PUBG in 2022 on the grounds of protecting the young generation from getting "misled", according to AP News.

China: ByteDance offers a localised version of TikTok - Douyin in China in compliance with strict Chinese censorship rules. The international version is not available in the Chinese territory.

India: The Indian authorities banned TikTok in 2020 with more popular apps like WeChat over national security concerns. While the companies were offered a chance to respond to privacy and security conditions, the ban was implemented permanently in 2021.

Iran: The app is banned on Iranian Internet Protocol (IP) addresses along with other apps such as Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).

Nepal: According to the report, the country imposed a nationwide ban and asked the telecom company to restrain access to the app.

Somalia: The app was banned next to Telegram and 1XBET in August 2023.

North Korea: The country restricts the use of TikTok for its citizens.

Uzbekistan: Citing non-compliance with local data protection laws, the app was banned in July 2021.

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Other regions where the app is banned include Kyrgyzstan and Senegal. Apart from these, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, European Union, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States have enforced a partial ban on the app.

These may include restrictions on devices of the federal government and select officials, departments and sectors. These sanctions vary across countries. On the other hand, Pakistan has imposed temporary bans on the app four times since 2020.