A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. Photo: Reuters
A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. Photo: Reuters
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Ukraine invasion: TikTok’s global ambitions take another hit as Russia’s ‘fake news’ law forces suspension

  • The ByteDance-owned platform has largely followed its Western peers by banning Russian state media from using the app in the European Union
  • TikTok’s position is not in line with the Chinese government, which has refused to call Russia’s military action in Ukraine an ‘invasion’

A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. Photo: Reuters
A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. Photo: Reuters
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