Which countries banned TikTok?

November 22, 2021 iGaming & Gambling Industry Updates

TIKTOK, a popular video platform used to share stories, fashion, music, dancing and more, has been banned in quite a few countries around the world.

With the number of TikTok users growing globally each day, it really makes you wonder why countries, like India, would want to keep it away from their boarders.

Which country is TikTok currently banned from?
In June 2020, India decided to ban TikTok for good.

Following boarder conflicts with China, India tossed TikTok and over 200 Chinese apps out of the country.

The ban was made permanent in 2021, cutting nearly 2000 jobs related to the platform.

Indian TikTok influencers and other users whose main form of income came from the platform are scrambling to find and build new careers on different, legal social media sites, such as Instagram.

However, former TikTok users and content creators in India are really struggling. IndiaToday, spoke with, Geet, a TikToker from the country who has been greatly affected by the ban.

She told them, “I had a lot of plans that immediately came to a halt with the TikTok ban. It has been a challenge, rebuilding what I had on TikTok on other platforms…TikTok, in my opinion, was a unique platform with an amazing user base that was very diverse as well as very accepting.”