Along with India, the U.S. is among the first countries to impose an outright ban on TikTok, but there are other countries around the world considering similar measures.Japan is also thinking about imposing a ban on the platform that's nationwide, and Indonesia actually enacted a temporary ban on the platform in 2018. US lawmakers had raised intelligence, national security, and privacy concerns about the company’s ownership. A judge has blocked an order from the Trump administration that would have banned TikTok from being downloaded from U.S. app stores. When India banned the app (along with around 60 other Chinese apps) in June 2020, it had local internet providers block access to TikTok’s servers. In short, no. TikTok was banned completely in India by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on 29 June 2020, along with 223 other Chinese apps, with a statement saying they were "prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, security of … TikTok is consequently banned from "further processing user data for which there is no absolute certainty of age and, consequently, of compliance with the provisions related to the age requirement". TIKTOK BANNED COUNTRIES AND REASONS tiktok is a Chinese video app that has gone viral of recent, however there are countries that have banned or making moves to ban it . Here are the list of countries that have banned the app on it’s soil. TikTok has been banned in India and could face a ban in the US Credit: AFP or licensors. TikTok is removing videos of Trump speaking and blocking hashtags related to the Capitol Hill riots. Users circumvent it … While the dispute involving Huawei stretches back several years and has at least some credibility regarding national security, the claims about TikTok only surfaced after the President had launched his reelection campaign. TikTok Ban Not Happening ‘Right Now’, CFIUS Issues New Deadline. TikTok users are claiming that the app is banning fan accounts - but is it true? First, last week, India banned TikTok, along with 58 other Chinese apps. People are avoiding a ban by changing their profile picture. 1. TikTok is not currently banned or restricted in the United States. The Trump administration is pushing forward with its plan to ban the Chinese social media apps TikTok and WeChat from American app stores.. That ban was a hammer blow to TikTok in particular as India is its largest market, according to the BBC.