Multiple governmental agencies and private business have imposed or attempted impose bans on the social media service TikTok. Countries like India and the United States have expressed concerns about the app's ownership by the Chinese company, ByteDance, attempting to ban it from app stores.


Throughout Donald Trump’s presidency, there were numerous attempts to ban the website in the United States, which in turn led to a lawsuit against the US government.

A recent series of social media posts claimed that the website would be closing its virtual doors in 2022 or would be banned by US state.

Close date updated to 2022-10-24 8:51 pm

Close date updated to 2023-06-01 11:59 pm