President Trump Issues Executive Order Forcing Sale of TikTok

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President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Thursday evening barring transactions with ByteDance, forcing the Chinese tech firm to divest itself of its U.S. TikTok operations

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The order, which is scheduled to go into effect in 45 days, gives a strict timeline for ByteDance to sell the business. Microsoft saidthat it was in conversations with the company about acquiring TikTok's operations in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. TikTok, which has more than 100 million users in the U.S., has drawn scrutiny because of its Chinese owner. The Trump administration has worried that, through ByteDance, the personal data of U.S. TikTok users could find its way into the hands of the Chinese government.

"These risks are real," reads his executive order. "The United States must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security." In a lengthy statement issued over the weekend, Microsoft acknowledged Trump's concerns and said it would "build on the experience TikTok users currently love, while adding world-class security, privacy, and digital safety protections." Among the measures it outlined were places to transfer and store all data on American TikTok users to the U.S. and to delete any data that is being backed up on servers outside the country.

 

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So what. Who cares?

Is this legal? Does the President of the United States have the authority to demand and use the law to enforce that a company must shut down?

Lord I hoe he’s voted out of the White House he’s so paranoid

I’m not sure Trump knows that executive orders only apply to members/employees of the Executive Branch. 🤔

How is this ok tho I don’t fucking get this shit?!?!

When you took China’s 💰

TickTock TikTok

Oh wow. Looks like a lot those IG REELS are going to be a win after the launch of the new feature yesterday. If they’ve the snatch the bags from Snapchat through their Stories, then they are sure going to snatch the bags from Tik Tok with their IG Reels.

Who is he kidding He’s just pissed because the TikTok kids and Sarah Cooper embarrass him!

While he letting Putin treat him like a puppet👀

But Facebook is safe...

BillGates do ur thing uncle Bill and SaveTikTok

Awesome!

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