This Is What It's Like When A Country Actually Bans Tiktok

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Thu, 08/13/2020 - 3:55am

Jaya Lall first joined TikTok in early March to make a slideshow set to music for her friend's birthday. But the short-form video app took on new significance to her three weeks later when India went into a coronavirus lockdown, forcing her to close the preschool she runs in the country's capital, New Delhi.

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