It's been almost three years since India banned TikTok amid a heated political dispute with China, where the app's parent company is based. To judge by the joyous TikTok videos of Indian teens flaunting their presence on the forbidden app and commenting on their workarounds, the ban has not exactly eradicated TikTok in India.
Now, as the Biden administration threatens to ban TikTok because of its ownership by China's ByteDance, experts are pointing out that Americans—like their peers in India—would not actually be entirely locked out of the popular social media platform if the app were declared off limits.
