--- title: The depressing truth about TikTok’s impending ban description: The ban on TikTok and the scrutiny on Chinese tech companies reflect the unwelcome climate for Chinese companies trying to go global. Concealing Chinese... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-depressing-truth-about-tiktok-s-impending-ban-krliz52rl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The depressing truth about TikTok’s impending ban | daily.dev og:description: The ban on TikTok and the scrutiny on Chinese tech companies reflect the unwelcome climate for Chinese companies trying to go global. Concealing Chinese... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-depressing-truth-about-tiktok-s-impending-ban-krliz52rl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KrlIZ52rl.png og:image:alt: The depressing truth about TikTok’s impending ban og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The depressing truth about TikTok’s impending ban **[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary The ban on TikTok and the scrutiny on Chinese tech companies reflect the unwelcome climate for Chinese companies trying to go global. Concealing Chinese associations is no longer effective, and the national origin of these companies matters more than technical details. Instead of focusing on the ban, attention should be given to the platform's content moderation issues, operational transparency, and algorithmic transparency. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@gracedorgan** · 0 upvotes > This is a thoughtful article, but I think that the issues listed as "real issues" at the end of the article are mainly caused by the fact that TikTok is a Chinese company, and is thus heavily influenced by the CCP. Unfortunately, the CCP has proven over and over again that it is a party committed to destroying Western individualism and democracy, so I don't think we should ignore that TikTok is Chinese-owned, and thus CCP-influenced. --- Tags: [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media), [#tiktok](https://daily.dev/tags/tiktok) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-depressing-truth-about-tiktok-s-impending-ban-krliz52rl) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The depressing truth about TikTok’s impending ban","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-depressing-truth-about-tiktok-s-impending-ban-krliz52rl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-depressing-truth-about-tiktok-s-impending-ban-krliz52rl"},"datePublished":"2024-05-01T10:23:48.154Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z","description":"The ban on TikTok and the scrutiny on Chinese tech companies reflect the unwelcome climate for Chinese companies trying to go global. 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Unfortunately, the CCP has proven over and over again that it is a party committed to destroying Western individualism and democracy, so I don’t think we should ignore that TikTok is Chinese-owned, and thus CCP-influenced.","datePublished":"2024-05-23T19:08:53.856Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/KrlIZ52rl#c-ZFAOdWLTj","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Grace Dorgan","url":"https://daily.dev/gracedorgan","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--oGjrJBPa--/f_auto/v1714083431/avatars/avatar_FPCgd4AxyH892ZJs05v5c"}}]} ```