‘We don’t do that here’: Mexican president rules out TikTok ban in the country

Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador ruled out any bans one might think of. tik takan app that is at the epicenter of the storm due to possible Chinese spying through it.

“Not here, we don’t ban here, complete freedom,” the president said in the middle of his morning meeting.

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The question came from a national journalist who commented on the context in which tik tak in the United States and the UK, where legislators put rules into an application until it is vetoed outright in the territories.

“We do not have such concerns, and the free expression of ideas is guaranteed, and we do not prohibit, we prohibit prohibiting,” the president said.

AMLO did not provide further details or explain its position with tik tak, an app that is already banned by their authorities in at least 11 countries. Countries: Denmark, Belgium, UK, New Zealand, Norway, Netherlands, France, Poland, Canada and USA.

tik tak It was banned for the first time in the world in India in 2020 after bloody clashes on the border with China.

TikTok at Zero Hour

Especially the crisis in tik tak It is located in the last North American country where they want to give President Joe Biden the right to veto it from all over the territory.

The platform has over 1 billion active users worldwide, including 125 million in the European Union.

According to We Are Social’s latest report on the evolution of the digital world, published in January, it ranks as the sixth most popular social platform.

tik tak it also registers the strongest growth, especially among the youngest.

Above all, tik tak it surpasses all its competitors in its ability to attract attention. In 2023, Android users used it for an average of 23 hours and 28 minutes per month.

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