Japan ruling party group eyes ban on TikTok, other apps – lawmaker

TOKYO --- A group of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers is planning to compile a proposal next month urging the government to ban social networking services such as TikTok if they are used for disinformation campaigns, an LDP lawmaker said Monday. Many U.S. lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to ban the popular Chinese-owned social media app, alleging the app could be used for data collection and content censorship, and harm children's mental health. READ: TikTok out of gov't devices in 30 days -- White House "If it's verified that an app has been intentionally used by a certain party of a certain country for their influence operations with...Keep on reading: Japan ruling party group eyes ban on TikTok, other apps – lawmaker

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