The ads declare that “TikTok is spying on you” and link to a survey and a sign-up for a Trump campaign mailing list asking if TikTok should be banned in the United States. But as the u/bangoriol points out, TikTok is leagues ahead of all four, combined. The U.S. Navy last year urged service members to delete the app from government devices.TikTok user @lauraleewatts, who has 2 million followers, doesn’t think the ban will happen and questioned Trump’s authority.“He could probably ban TikTok from government-issued devices, which they’ve already been trying to do in Congress. "But shutting one platform down, even if it were legally possible to do so, harms freedom of speech online and does nothing to resolve the broader problem of unjustified government surveillance.”
TikTok, used to create short dance, lip-sync, comedy and talent videos, said last year about 60% of its 26.5 million monthly active U.S. users are aged 16 to 24. "Many TikTok users have been creating videos telling fans how to follow them on other social platforms including YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and short-form video app Triller. "As far as TikTok is concerned, we're banning them from the United States," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he returned from Florida late Friday. China has long championed cybersovereignty, shutting out services like Twitter, forcing foreign firms to secure local partners and distributors in areas from mobile games to cloud services, or curtailing investment in areas such as online banking. Microsoft Corp.'s Bing and LinkedIn, which both censor content in China, remain the only major search engine and social network allowed to operate in China. "Now it's China that wants the world to embrace its companies and eschew overly broad interpretations of national security. Any U.S. decision, which Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said would come "shortly," is likely to be followed by a similar pressure campaign that prompted some allies to ban Huawei Technologies Co. from 5G networks.Even if TikTok's American operations are bought by Microsoft Corp., the episode is the culmination of a bifurcation of the internet that began when China walled off its own online sphere years ago, creating an alternate universe where Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. stood in for Facebook Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.It is also splitting many in the industry: Some decry the betrayal of values like free speech and capitalism, while others advocate doing whatever it takes to subdue a geopolitical rival and its pivotal tech industry.
""We're not planning on going anywhere," Pappas said. With 165 million installs, the U.S. is the app's largest market after India, as well as its most lucrative one in terms of user spending, according to Sensor Tower estimates.It's a stinging retreat for a company that's tried to offer a haven for the highest-paid artificial intelligence engineers. Advertisement ................................ © COPYRIGHT NDTV CONVERGENCE LIMITED 2020. So that will probably happen,” she said in her video, which as of around 3 p.m. Saturday had been viewed more than 1.2 million times and had more than 462,000 reactions and nearly 18,000 comments. "TikTok symbolizes Chinese tech companies' ability in algorithms, artificial intelligence and the ability to go viral and gain profits within a short period of time," said Wang Sixin, a professor at the Communication University of China.Now U.S. restrictions would force a contingent of up-and-coming stars in areas from gaming to livestreaming and media to reassess plans to expand globally just as they were starting to gain traction abroad. "Washington's moves underscore how quickly the concept of an internet decoupling is becoming a reality even as the world is still figuring out its consequences. 2 economy.If the administration decides data is the key determinant, then even some of the world's most popular games may get ensnared. "This sets a dangerous precedent for the U.S.," said Samm Sacks, a fellow on cybersecurity policy and China digital economy at the New America think tank. "In a video shared on Twitter Saturday, TikTok U.S. General Manager Vanessa Pappas thanked the "millions of Americans who use TikTok every day bringing their creativity and joy into our daily lives. Tencent's Call of Duty: Mobile, co-created by Activision Blizzard Inc., PUBG Mobile and its Supercell subsidiary's Clash Royale are all popular with Americans.Rising global threats to ban Chinese mobile apps, out of security concerns and as retaliation due to geopolitical tensions, may severely hinder the overseas growth of China's internet firms. "Countries should sit down and discuss the limits of national security when it comes to internet governance. India showed the way when it banned dozens of Chinese mobile apps including TikTok and Tencent's WeChat, while Australia and Japan are reportedly looking at similar options.
Donald Trump has given the final ultimatum to TikTok before he bans its operation in the U.S. Trump said on Monday that the U.S. government should get a sizable portion of the sale price. It's mildly ironic that TicTok is credited with futzing up the Tulsa OK Trump rally. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 'TikTok should concern us all!'
"How can Chinese companies ever do business in America? "Zhang Yiming kneeled fast," one blogger wrote. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Monday the Trump administration "has been stretching the concept of national security without any evidence and only based on presumption of guilt," and called for it to "create an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for businesses of all countries. "There should be no cyber-hegemony, no interfering in others' internal affairs, no engaging, supporting or inciting cyber-activities that would harm the national security of other countries.