Estonian Foreign Minister proposes to ban TikTok in Europe

TikTok is engaged in spreading disinformation and is a platform for manipulation before the elections. Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tzahkna said on January 19.

"In recent years we have witnessed how TikTok spreads disinformation and is a platform for election manipulation. <...> Banning TikTok should be considered in Europe as well," he said on social network X (formerly Twitter).

Tsahkna also added that the platform poses a serious security threat to the country.

Earlier in the day, the media reported on the suspension of TikTok in the United States. It is noted that many users of the application could not use it already in the evening of January 18, a few hours before the official ban came into force. Also, the social network disappeared from the App Store and Google Play app stores.

On January 18, NBC News reported that US President-elect Donald Trump may grant Chinese social network TikTok a 90-day reprieve from a possible ban in the country after his inauguration. However, it is clarified that the final decision has not yet been made.

A day earlier, Trump told CNN that he himself plans to make a decision about TikTok in the United States. At the same time, he refused to answer specifically whether he would take any measures. At the same time, the American president-elect said that he had called Chinese President Xi Jinping and, among other things, discussed TikTok with him.