Kya TikTok UK mein bhi ban ho sakta hai?
Analysts ka kehna hai ki yeh sirf waqt ki baat hai jab tak US ka TikTok ban allied countries aur baaki duniya tak nahi phelta – agar Trump administration isse permanently offline rakhne ka decision leti hai.
America mein abhi TikTok ko bandh kar diya gaya hai kyunki US lawmakers ne isse national security risk declare kiya hai, iske owner ByteDance ke Chinese government ke saath ties hone ki wajah se – jinhe ByteDance deny karta hai.
Aane wale President Trump ne is baat ka indication diya hai ki woh is ban ke against hain aur isse reverse karne ka tareeka dhundhne ki koshish karenge.
Agar US ka ban aage badhta hai, toh experts ka kehna hai ki Chinese aur Russian tech companies ko pehle national security reasons ki wajah se oust karne ka jo blueprint tha, woh TikTok ban ke liye bhi duniya bhar mein follow kiya ja sakta hai.
Analysts ka kehna hai ki TikTok aur jo Huawei aur Russia ki Kaspersky ke saath hua tha, usme kaafi similarities hain, jo yeh dikhata hai ki yeh sirf waqt ki baat hai jab ek creeping ban lagna shuru ho jaye, keh rahi hain Emily Taylor, Editor of the Cyber Policy Journal.
Dono cases mein, US ne in companies par national security threat hone ka ilzam lagaya tha, lekin cyber security authorities ne kabhi koi pakka saboot nahi diya.
Yahi cheez TikTok ke saath bhi ho rahi hai. President Trump ke tenure mein, 2017 mein Kaspersky ke flagship antivirus software ko civil aur military computers mein ban kar diya gaya tha, kyunki Kremlin ke hacking incident mein iske use hone ka ilzam laga tha, jo kabhi prove nahi hua.
UK ne turant follow kiya aur dheere-dheere baaki allies ne bhi restrictions, warnings ya bans lagane shuru kar diye.
Kaspersky ka US operations band ho gaya aur baad mein UK offices bhi close ho gaye, company ka kehna tha ki yeh decision “geopolitical climate aur theoretical concerns” par based tha, na ki independently verified risks par.
Huawei ke saath bhi kuch aisa hi hua. US ne accuse kiya ki Huawei aur Chinese tech firms Chinese government ke bohot kareeb hain. US ne argue kiya ki Huawei ka 5G kit use nahi karna chahiye, kyunki isse spying ya communication degrade hone ka risk hai.
Ek former Huawei UK staff member ka kehna hai ki US ne jaise hi Huawei ko ban ya restrict karna start kiya, allies ne unka follow karna shuru kar diya.
“UK aur baaki countries bolte rahe ki wo apne independent conclusions par pahuchenge, lekin US ka lobbying kaafi strong tha,” unhone kaha.
Ye lobbying kaafi common hai, especially Five Eyes Alliance countries ke beech – US, UK, Canada, Australia, aur New Zealand.
Ab tak, Five Eyes ke sabhi members ne TikTok ko government devices par ban kar diya hai aur kuch ne public warnings bhi di hain. Canada ne TikTok ke operations ko khatam karne ka order diya hai, national security concerns ko cite karte hue.
TikTok ke future par Trump ki naye policies ka asar kaafi hoga. Pehle Trump TikTok ke against the, lekin ab wo unke supporter hain, unke re-election campaign ke TikTok support ki wajah se.
Emily Taylor ka kehna hai ki Trump ka badalta hua stance TikTok ke liye difference create kar sakta hai. “Agar unka foreign policy agenda full hai, toh shayad wo allies ko TikTok ban follow karne ke liye pressure na karein,” unhone kaha.
Abhi ke liye, UK government spokesperson ne bola hai ki UK mein TikTok ban ka koi plan nahi hai. “Hum social media companies ke saath engage karte hain taaki data security aur cyber security standards ensure kar sakein.”
UK minister Darren Jones ne kaha ki “jab tak koi UK interest ka threat nahi hota, hum US ka rasta nahi follow karenge.”
TikTok ke liye ek aur challenge yeh hai ki US jaise market ke bina survive karna mushkil hoga, kyunki US users creators aur advertisers ke liye kaafi valuable hain. Agar baaki Western countries bhi ban lagate hain, toh TikTok ka growth aur revenue kaafi impact hoga, aur US platforms jaise Instagram Reels aur YouTube Shorts aur strong ho jayenge.
TikTok ko Pakistan, Afghanistan aur India jaise bade markets mein pehle hi ban kiya ja chuka hai. Lekin agar US ka ban globally spread hota hai, toh TikTok shayad kabhi apni current popularity nahi paa sakega aur dheere-dheere fade ho jayega.
