The TikTok Ban: What Happened, and Will TikTok Actually Go . . . The TikTok ban is a U S government action that prohibits the app due to national security concerns over its Chinese parent company, ByteDance Officially known as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, the ban was enforced in January 2025 amid long-time fears that the Chinese government could access user data
Trump to Again Extend TikTok’s Reprieve From U. S. Ban live Updates June 20, 2025, 1:06 p m ET or face a ban in the United States, its third reprieve this year The president tried to ban TikTok in his first term but flipped his stance on
Are TikTok users able to access the banned app? Experts . . . As a U S ban on TikTok went into effect Sunday, displaced users of the popular social media platform scrambled to find workarounds to access the company's app and President-elect Donald Trump