Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hinted that banning TikTok in the European Union is an option, during a debate this evening in Maastricht, featuring parties' lead candidates for the bloc's 2024 election, APA reports citing Reset Era.
"It is not excluded," von der Leyen said, after the moderator referred to the United States, where TikTok faces a national ban unless it is sold by its owner, ByteDance.
She immediately added that the Commission was "the very first institution worldwide to ban TikTok on our corporate phones. "
TikTok ban in EU is ‘not excluded,’ von der Leyen says
© APA | Ursula von der Leyen, Commission President of European Union
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