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LIKE Denmark and the European Commission, Belgium is banning TikTok. Civil servants are no longer allowed to use the app. According to the relevant ministers, the app should even be removed from all mobile phones used professionally in government departments.
TikTok is wildly popular among young people. It is a platform that distributes short and light-hearted videos.
Initially, it was mainly about viral dances, but it quickly grew into a major news source for young people. In the US, nearly 100 million people use the app.
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