Can TikTok come back?
Over the past several days, there has been a lot of discussion on social media about whether TikTok is going back to India. This Chinese app was banned in India in 2020. This is due to the fact that ByteDance, the Chinese business that runs the TikTok app for short videos, has posted two job positions for its Gurugram office on LinkedIn.
Furthermore, TikTok’s website has begun to reappear in India to a certain degree. Let’s put this whole thing into plain language.
Government Reaction: TikTok Ban Remains in Effect
The Indian government insists that the TikTok ban is still in place despite all of these rumors. According to government officials who spoke to Economic Times, authorization to relaunch TikTok has not been given.
When others claimed that TikTok had returned to India after a five-year hiatus, the government rejected the claims on August 22 as well.
“We have not restored TikTok access in India and are fully complying with the Indian government’s directions,” a TikTok representative added. This implies that TikTok has not made any announcement on the resumption of operations in India.
There are two grounds for conjecture regarding TikTok’s potential comeback to India.
Job Posting: TikTok has listed a position for a content moderator who speaks Bengali. The work will entail material and video reviews.
The other role is Lead of Operations and Partnership for Wellbeing. Work pertaining to platform policy and user safety will be managed by this position.
Website Access: In the past, a notice stating that “This service is not available in India” would show up when you went to TikTok’s website.
However, the website’s “About Us” page has begun to show up on desktops starting last week. Videos, however, are still inaccessible. Also unavailable is the TikTok app.
The job posting from ByteDance might be for different projects.
Experts speculate that ByteDance’s job advertisements may not be related to TikTok’s comeback, but rather to other projects in India or international operations.
Additionally, technical issues or other factors may be the cause of limited access to the TikTok website in India.
