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Taiwan Ponders TikTok/Douyin Ban

The Taiwanese government plans to ban TikTok/Douyin in the public sector, mandating that public sector workers cannot use the app, with rising concerns about the security threat posed by the Chinese app. It is more of a question as to whether there will be an outright ban on TikTok/Douyin for the general public, with pan-Green legislators calling for strong regulation, but this raises questions about the measures that the government can take against Chinese apps. TikTok/Douyin is likely to prove a litmus test, setting a benchmark for measures taken by the government regarding Chinese apps as a whole...