Conseil d'Etat Upholds TikTok Ban in New Caledonia Amid Street Violence

France's highest administrative court, Conseil d'Etat, upheld a temporary ban on TikTok in New Caledonia, citing its role in street violence. The court emphasized public safety, despite no immediate harm to applicants. The ban stems from TikTok's use in organizing and escalating riots in France last summer.

The Conseil d'Etat, France's highest administrative court, on Thursday declined to suspend a temporary ban of short video app TikTok in New Caledonia, imposed to tackle street violence.

Authorities also decided to ban video app TikTok, which the government during a bout of riots on France's mainland last summer said helped rioters organise and amplified the chaos, attracting troublemakers to the streets.

The court said it won't suspend the ban "in the absence of any evidence of immediate and concrete consequences for the situation or interests of the applicants, and in view of the public interest in restoring public safety and tranquillity."