app ban
Digital download block
An app ban is a government prohibition on downloading or using a particular mobile application, typically citing national security, data privacy, or content concerns.
The term gained prominence with proposed bans on TikTok and other foreign-owned apps: The app ban would take effect in ninety days.
App bans raise questions about enforcement, free speech, and digital sovereignty.
- restrictionLimit on action
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- censorshipOfficial content restriction
- free speechProtected verbal liberty
- governmentAuthority over a state
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