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    In her photography studio in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Aku Sharsheeva, tried unsuccessfully to connect to TikTok this week. Nothing loads. There are no videos, the 22-year old told AFP, showing an error message displayed on the app's home page.The Central Asian country this week blocked the video-sharing platform after its security services expressed concern over the influence on children.Sharsheeva had used TikTok, which has more than one billion monthly users worldwide and is owned by...

  • TikTok creators fear economic blow of US ban

    Ayman Chaudhary turned her love for reading into a living on TikTok, posting video snippets about books like those banned in schools in ultra-conservative parts of the United States.Now the online platform she relies on to support her family is poised to be banned in what entrepreneurs using TikTok condemn as an attack on their livelihoods. It's so essential to small businesses and creators; it's my full-time job, the 23-year-old Chicago resident told AFP. It makes me really worried that I live...

  • TikTok creators fear economic blow of U.S. ban

    SAN FRANCISCO — Ayman Chaudhary turned her love for reading into a living on TikTok, posting video snippets about books like those banned in schools in ultra-conservative parts of the United States. Now the online platform she relies on to support her family is poised to be banned in what entrepreneurs using TikTok condemn as an attack on their livelihoods. "It's so essential to small businesses and creators; it's my full-time job," the 23-year-old Chicago resident told AFP.