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New Zealand lawmakers banned from TikTok amid data use fears
By Associated Press
Mar 17, 2023 1:23 pm

WELLINGTON, New Zealand: New Zealand lawmakers and other workers inside the nation's Parliament will be banned from having the TikTok app on their government phones, officials said Friday.

The ban, which takes effect at the end of the month, follows similar moves in many other countries.

The TikTok logo is displayed on signage outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California, on March 16, 2023. - China urged the United States to stop unreasonably suppressing TikTok on March 16, 2023, after Washington gave the popular video-sharing app an ultimatum to part ways with its Chinese owners or face a nationwide ban. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP

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