Apps like China’s TikTok, RedNote and WeChat targeted

RedNote also flagged for pushing harmful weight-loss content to teens

Cabinet mulling whether to restict download and use of TikTok

Says Taiwan lacks legal tools to regulate political messaging online

Taiwan has already taken national security step of banning TikTok for military and public servants

Taiwan mulling amendments to Anti-infiltration Act or National Security Act to mitigate damage from TikTok

Tiktoktaiwan Co Ltd in Taichung changed name to ByteDance Taiwan in November

Civil servants caught using TikTok will be punished, Cabinet weighing total ban on TikTok

Inter-ministerial meeting slated for this month to discuss banning TikTok

Special municipality confirms it will follow central government instructions to implement ban