Claim: The United States has introduced a new law criminalizing the use of VPN to access TikTok, if and when it is banned in the U.S., which could lead to 20 years in prison.
Fact-check: Analysis: US TikTok bill does not criminalize the use of VPN | annie lab
Verdict: the claim refers to another draft bill, the "restrict act," which was introduced in march 2023. however, neither this draft bill nor the new tiktok bill introduced in 2024 explicitly mantiones the use of vpns.
Organisation: annie lab
Author: Alexandra Stepanova;Jasmine Zhang
Date published: 2024-04-12T09:01:24