Would a ban actually imply the top of TikTok within the US?
Customers can doubtless discover workarounds to entry TikTok, stated Assoc Prof Lee of SUSS.
As an illustration, customers can masks their location utilizing a digital non-public community (VPN), although this might violate TikTok’s phrases of service.
Customers may bypass the ban by putting in a overseas SIM card of their telephones, or through the use of different app shops.
TikTok can also be blocked in Iran, Nepal, Afghanistan, Somalia and most prominently India.
New Delhi banned the app practically 4 years in the past, shutting out about 200 million customers – probably the most outdoors China on the time.
The federal government cited privateness considerations and stated Chinese language apps threatened India’s sovereignty and safety.
Based mostly on the Indian expertise, a ban could be disruptive at first, however customers would doubtless transfer to different platforms over the subsequent few years, stated RSIS’ Mr Faizal, who research geopolitical competitors and digital applied sciences.
But the context is completely different: There was stronger assist for a TikTok ban in India, which has been embroiled in a long-running territorial dispute with China at their border.
“Not everybody within the US agrees with their authorities that TikTok is a safety risk,” Mr Faizal added.
