President Trump has signed an executive order giving ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, 45 days to sell the video sharing app before it's banned in the country.
The social media giant is rolling out the new rival service as TikTok’s future in the United States is uncertain.
The deadline, 45 days from Thursday, would be Sept. 20, which is five days longer than the date Trump had previously used to threaten TikTok with a ban. The president has said the app is a security threat based on its owner. to track the locations of Federal employees and contractors, build dossiers of personal information for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage.", popular with young people for sharing videos choreographed to music. The app has been downloaded 175 million times in the United States, according to the executive order.
This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. President Donald Trump will order China's ByteDance to sell its hit video app TikTok because of national-security concerns, according to reports published Friday, July 31, 2020."These are the facts: 100 million Americans come to TikTok for entertainment and connection, especially during the pandemic," a TikTok spokesperson said Aug. 1 after the president said he would ban the app.
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