Chinese social medium TikTok became equally popular and controversial in the US and ultimately lead to the US government investigating its practices.
The US government’s concerns about TikTok primarily revolve around national security and data privacy, given the app’s ownership by the Chinese company ByteDance. Officials fear that TikTok could collect vast amounts of personal data and potentially share it with the Chinese government, raising alarms about espionage and misuse of user information.
TikTok has proposed measures like data localization and partnerships with US firms to mitigate concerns but the situation remained under scrutiny, leading to the confirmation of banning TikTok by the US Supreme Court.
The urge to ban TikTok started as early as in 2019 and the domain name BanTikTok.com stands witness to that. The domain is parked with PPC ads, riding on the controversy’s apparent momentum to generate clicks and revenue for its registrant, who is anonymous. It was first registered in 2019 and dropped in 2024, before being caught at the drop by DropCatch.
Tomorrow is the alleged day of banning TikTok and it’s also the eve of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. The incoming US president kick-started the motion to ban TikTok in 2020 but now it appears that he will use its future to “flex muscle” to China, alongside threats to impose hefty tariffs on Chinese products.
It remains to be seen if TikTok will thus be given a lifeline extension, keeping the domain name BanTikTok.com relevant. Otherwise, the end of TikTok as a social medium accessible to US customers will render the domain name obsolete.
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