Democracies Should Learn the TikTok Lesson and Restrict Risky Apps from Day One

2/18/25
CHINA WATCH
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With its recent halt on implementing a legally mandated ban on TikTok, the United States is learning the hard way that when it comes to Chinese technology, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The US and like-minded democracies should no longer permit any social media platforms with direct ties to authoritarian governments with political censorship regimes to operate without restriction.

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