The Kenyan government suggests regulating rather than outlawing TikTok

Because of worries about the information published on TikTok, the Kenyan government has advised lawmakers to impose greater regulation instead of outright banning the company.

A resident of Kenya has petitioned a body in parliament to outlaw the Chinese-owned portal. The Interior Ministry has accused the platform of being used to disseminate pornographic content, commit fraud, and propagate propaganda. This has led to the proposal.

In a recommendation to the panel shared with Reuters on Thursday, the ministry of information and communication stated, “Instead of imposing a ban on TikTok, the ministry proposes adoption of a co-regulation model.”

The ministry suggested mandating that TikTok review content to make sure it complies with Kenyan legislation and submit reports to the government on what content it has removed on a quarterly basis.

A request for comment from the Chinese business ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, was not immediately answered. It has defended its track record on user privacy in response to similar complaints in other nations.

Regulatory oversight of the corporation has been ongoing in several nations, mostly in the West.

Three TikTok businesses were fined by Italy last month for failing to properly vet content that might have been damaging to young users or anyone in need of special attention.

On Tuesday, the US Senate passed a bill that, should ByteDance fail to divest within the next nine months to a year, will outlaw TikTok in the US.

Legislators in the US were deeply concerned that China could use the software to monitor or obtain personal information about Americans, which prompted the action.