Jordan bans TikTok claiming that app was 'inciting violence and disorder' after a police officer was killed in protests over high fuel prices

The app was temporarily banned by the Jordan government because it failed to deal with publications inciting violence and disorder.

Protests over high fuel prices in the city of Maan resulted in the death of a police officer. The deputy police director in the city was shot and killed on Thursday.

"We will not tolerate violence against our security personnel, who work day and night to protect Jordan and Jordanians," King Abdullah II of Jordan stated in a statement.

Videos circulating on TikTok of protests across the country and strikes by truck drivers opposed to high fuel prices prompted the country's Public Security Directorate to suspend the app after it failed to deal with publications inciting violence and disorder.

The government didn't say how long the ban would last. According to the outlet, internet service was disrupted in the two cities where protests and strikes have taken place.

While the protests subsided, the truck drivers continued their strike.

According to Freedom House, a nonprofit funded by the US government that studies global democracy and freedom, Jordan has a history of limiting internet access for its citizens.