Donald Trump most likely to sign the executive order to ban TikTok at the White House today.
US President Donald Trump plans to ban TikTok and most probably would sign an executive order today. The app is in violation of U.S user privacy and data security norms.
Tech giant Microsoft was earlier planning to acquire U.S operations of TikTok from Beijing based ByteDance. The alternatives of the video platform were being looked into.
TikTok was one among the 58 other Chinese apps banned in India, as the relations between the two countries soured in the aftermath of the Galwan Valley clash between the Indian Army and the Chinese PLA.
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US-China relations have also been deteriorating in recent times with several top U.S lawmakers calling China the ‘biggest national security threat to the USA.”
Also, ByteDance bought Musical.ly Inc. in 2017 and merged it with TikTok, creating a social-media hit in the U.S, which is the first Chinese app to make such inroads in America.
TikTok Downloads Surged During The Lockdown
Due to the Coronavirus lockdown, millions installed the Chinese app and became an instant hit with teenagers and young adults. The app had around 2 billion downloads worldwide, with about 800 million active users.
Can Chine Use TikTok To Spy On Users?
According to the U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, TikTok users are at risk since their data are in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party. TikTok’s fun videos and ease of use has made it immense popular. Facebook and Snapchat are its competitive threat.
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