The media freaked out over Tik Tok’s disappearance from russian Apple Store.. this was just a glitch
Tik
Tok is back on russian Apple Store just hours after it vanished from the service.
What we do need to know
about Tik Tok though:
The social network cut off new content originating in russia in early March.
Nevertheless, Forbes first reported that
RIA Novosti and RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonya, both noteworthy nodes in Russian disinformation operations, were still posting to TikTok as of March 7. More than a month later, both accounts are still active in spite of TikTok’s stated policy blocking new content from russia.
While TikTok is likely controlling the flow of new content out of Russia by monitoring where users are located, it’s not clear why
the company would opt to not enforce the rules against accounts it has already linked to the Russian government, even if those accounts used basic workarounds to disguise their location. The company declined to provide comment on the record.
