Madison Everett
Madison Everett
Madison Everett
Christopher Baxter
TikTok is a popular social media platform that allows for individuals to express
their creative ideas, and express and voice their opinions. The app is used by many
people not just in America, but all over the world. TikTok is used for many purposes,
and some of these purposes includes using the app to broadcast messages to certain
audiences. Many social media platforms use personal user data to suggest
advertisements and to introduce the user to other people they may know. The U.S.
government and China’s government have been disputing for years. The TikTok app is
in the possession of a Chinese citizen. The U.S. government in recent weeks have been
bringing down drones and satellites that were found over U.S. soil. The U.S.
government has been trying to ban TikTok since 2020. The government has been
order to continue the usage in the United States. The U.S. government banned TikTok
from all government officials' phones' and any other government issued devices. The
ban was put in place to avoid the Chinese government gaining access to the U.S.
government information. The argument in place is that the owner of TikTok is working
with the Chinese government. The CEO is giving the Chinese government American
user data. According to the “Why Countries are Banning TikTok,” the Chineses
government has a law in place that gives them permission to request user data from
companies. The U.S. government is afraid that the government will learn of American
Many countries, government offices, and universities have banned the app on
their networks. According to the article “Will the US Ban TikTok,” the U.S. has been
trying to ban TikTok since 2020 but it was delayed. Many foreign countries have been
concerned with the Chinese communist party using their power to access companies'
information. In the article titled, “Why Countries are Banning TikTok,” on February 27,
2020 the U.S. government banned the app on government issued devices. Many other
countries have banned TikTok as well. These countries include Canada, Britain,
Australia, and many other countries. All of these countries fear the same thing from
TikTok. Tiktok’s argument is that other apps within the country keep user data just like
TikTok, so the only thing that the government is afraid of is the Chinese government.
As of April 2023, TikTok has been banned in the U.S. on public networks. The
ban of tiktok on public networks means that the app will not load in networks that have
the servers blocked. After the ban, Universities and schools have since blocked TikTok
on their servers. In the article titled, “Why TikTok Bans have made it onto college
campuses,” some colleges have influencers that have helped bring popularity, students,
and for some more funding from sponsors. The ban could potentially be detrimental to
some of the universities funding. The real reason universities and schools have banned
TikTok is that these companies and universities can lose government funding. Most
universities and almost all local schools are funded by government money. If these
schools do not abide by this ban, students on the local level could lose the funding
necessary to feed them during school hours. This can also apply to universities.
Universities can lose the funding they need to stay open and to offer scholarships.
Congress has a good relevant reason to want to ban the app. Congress is
supposed to protect the citizens of America, and they are supposed to protect the well-
and the ability of the government to easily gain access to companies’ information, which
includes user data. A complete ban of TikTok is a violation of freedom of speech. The
app is solely used to express one’s creative side, or even spread awareness for things
that are not making headlines. Over the years as TikTok has gained popularity, the app
has been able to help people bring awareness to illness, community issues, and other
In conclusion, the ban of TikTok can be a good and bad thing. It is a good thing
because there is not a threat to the safety of Americans, but a bad thing because a lot
of influencers will lose their platform, some universities can lose sponsors, and some