President William Ruto has revealed plans to hold talks with TiTok CEO even as pressure piles in the country to have the app banned. Speaking in Nakuru, Ruto suggested that TikTok and other social media platforms can be moderated to ensure the content shared is moderate. This comes even as a Kenyan petitioner submitted a request to parliament to ban the TikTok platform. In the United States, social media service TikTok faced many bans due to national security concerns. In May 2023, Montana became the first state to ban TikTok on all personal devices, though this will not take effect until January 1, 2024, and is being challenged in court.

Source: The Star August 23, 2023 15:05 UTC