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TikTok made me write this – and it’s time for it to go

Tiktok’s influence on young Australians goes beyond free speech and into sinister realms of undue influence.

The ParrhesianColumnist

Mar 15, 2024 – 11.56am

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This week the US House of Representatives voted in favour of a bill banning TikTok in the US unless Chinese parent company ByteDance divests the app.

India banned TikTok in 2020. TikTok is also inaccessible in China, along with Facebook, Instagram and Google.

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