TikTok says in US ‘for the long run’ as Trump ban looms | Malay Mail

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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 2 — TikTok said yesterday it was “not planning on going anywhere” after President Donald Trump threatened to ban the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app from operating in the United States. TikTok’s general manager for the US, Vanessa Pappas, told users that the...

This combination of pictures created on August 01, 2020 shows the logo of the social media video sharing app Tiktok displayed on a tablet screen in Paris, and US President Donald Trump at the White House on July 30, 2020. — AFP pic

But US officials have raised concerns that it could be used as a tool for Chinese intelligence — a claim the firm, owned by Chinese internet giant ByteDance, has repeatedly denied. “Banning an app that millions of Americans use to communicate with each other is a danger to free expression and is technologically impractical,” said the ACLU’s surveillance and cybersecurity counsel, Jennifer Granick.

 

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