TechScape: Is ‘banning’ TikTok protecting users or censorship? It depends who you ask

In this week's newsletter: American universities and legislators are blocking access to the China-owned app over privacy concerns - but fans say the choice should be theirs

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The US battle with TikTok over data privacy concerns and Chinese influence has been heating up for years, and recent measures have brought college campuses to the forefront - with a number of schools banning the app entirely on campus wifi. Students have responded, of course, on TikTok. Taking advantage of viral sounds, they have expressed outrage at their favourite app being blocked at universities like Auburn, Oklahoma and Texas A&M in the past few months. Do they not realize people in college are actually adults?" one user wrote. We should make our own independent decision to use TikTok or not," another said.

But how did we get here?