Things seem to be going from bad to worse for TikTok. Fresh off of effectively being banned in the US, EU President Ursula von der Leyen has made it clear that a TikTok ban in the EU is on the table. Here’s what she said via Politico:
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hinted that banning TikTok in the European Union is an option, during a debate this evening in Maastricht, featuring parties’ lead candidates for the bloc’s 2024 election.
“It is not excluded,” von der Leyen said, after the moderator referred to the United States, where TikTok faces a national ban unless it is sold by its owner, ByteDance.
She immediately added that the Commission was “the very first institution worldwide to ban TikTok on our corporate phones. “
“We know exactly the danger of TikTok.”
One thing to keep in mind is that TikTok is already in the EU doghouse as it was caught trying to bribe users into watching more videos on the platform. And seeing as the EU are the type of people to find the biggest hammer available to swing at most problems that it has to deal with, it would not at all surprise me if sometime in the next year, TikTok is banned there too. TikTok can act like none of this matters, as they tried to do right after the US ban. But at some point they will have to reconsider their life choices if they want to still be relevant. Though I have to wonder when that will happen.
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EU President Doesn’t Rule Out Banning TikTok In The EU
Things seem to be going from bad to worse for TikTok. Fresh off of effectively being banned in the US, EU President Ursula von der Leyen has made it clear that a TikTok ban in the EU is on the table. Here’s what she said via Politico:
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hinted that banning TikTok in the European Union is an option, during a debate this evening in Maastricht, featuring parties’ lead candidates for the bloc’s 2024 election.
“It is not excluded,” von der Leyen said, after the moderator referred to the United States, where TikTok faces a national ban unless it is sold by its owner, ByteDance.
She immediately added that the Commission was “the very first institution worldwide to ban TikTok on our corporate phones. “
“We know exactly the danger of TikTok.”
One thing to keep in mind is that TikTok is already in the EU doghouse as it was caught trying to bribe users into watching more videos on the platform. And seeing as the EU are the type of people to find the biggest hammer available to swing at most problems that it has to deal with, it would not at all surprise me if sometime in the next year, TikTok is banned there too. TikTok can act like none of this matters, as they tried to do right after the US ban. But at some point they will have to reconsider their life choices if they want to still be relevant. Though I have to wonder when that will happen.
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