The American administration is considering the possibility of introducing a ban on the Chinese social network TikTok in the country, along with a number of other measures. This was announced on Friday, July 31, by US President Donald Trump.
“We study TikTok. We may ban TikTok, or maybe we will take other measures, there are several options, “the head of state quoted TASS as saying. The American leader said that the White House is considering various options for the social network.
According to Businessinsider, Trump is taking steps to get the Chinese company ByteDance to give up its stake in the social network TikTok developed by it.
On July 28, staff from the campaign headquarters of former US Vice President Joseph Biden, the most likely Democratic presidential candidate in the upcoming elections, received a recommendation to remove the Chinese mobile application TikTok from office and personal gadgets.
Previously, the US authorities allowed the application to be banned on the territory of the country because of the “threat to national security.”
According to the latest estimates, the number of TikTok users exceeds 800 million. The social network is used in about 150 countries.