Trouble mounts for TikTok a day after its Chinese owners were asked to divest stakes or face possible complete ban in the US.
Britain is the latest entry to the league of nations that has banned or limited TikTok on the phones of their federal employees and parliamentarians.
And now, reports are in that New Zealand will follow suit and ban TikTok on all devices with access to its parliament by the end of this month.
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