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[somnath chakraborty]

The Australian government said on Tuesday it would remove TikTok from all federal government-owned devices, following many other countries in the West in barring the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns.

Australia bans TikTok from federal government devices

With Australia’s ban, all members of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network — which consists of Australia, Canada, the United States, Britain and New Zealand — have banned TikTok from government devices

www.thehindu.com

 

[Bapun]

Nepal says it will ban TikTok, adding that social harmony and goodwill are being disturbed by “misuse” of the popular video-sharing app and that there is rising demand to control it.

Nepal’s Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma said the decision to ban TikTok was taken at a cabinet meeting on Monday.

Nepal to ban TikTok as it ‘disturbs social harmony’

Authorities cite the popular video-sharing platform’s negative effects and ask internet service providers to close it.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[iDJ]

Nepal says it will ban TikTok, adding that social harmony and goodwill are being disturbed by “misuse” of the popular video-sharing app and that there is rising demand to control it.

Nepal’s Minister for Communications and Information Technology Rekha Sharma said the decision to ban TikTok was taken at a cabinet meeting on Monday.

Nepal to ban TikTok as it ‘disturbs social harmony’

Authorities cite the popular video-sharing platform’s negative effects and ask internet service providers to close it.

www.aljazeera.com

It's a trap to get India's attention. Usually, they are China leaning. When they need money like after an earthquake. They will come to us. Other apps also has similar content don't see how that doesn't affect their social harmony.

 

[iDJ]

Universal Music Group to pull out it's library from Chinese social media site TikTok

In a blistering open letter titled “Why we must call Time Out on TikTok” published on Tuesday, UMG, the biggest music company in the world, accused TikTok of attempting to “bully” and “intimidate” them into “accepting a deal worth less than the previous deal, far less than fair market value and not reflective of their exponential growth”.

Universal Music Group threatens to pull song catalog from TikTok in furious open letter | Universal Music | The Guardian

 

[iDJ]

Artists are leaving. Good that our government already banned this artist abusing spyware.

Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny's music could disappear from TikTok over license disagreement

Songs by major artists like Taylor Swift, Drake and BTS may leave TikTok after Universal Music Group said it will no longer license to the app.

www.usatoday.com