Earlier Friday, media reports circulated suggesting Trump wanted to retransmit the US operation of the App from its Chinese parent company ByteDance, but the Trump declared a ban.Trump said: "As far as TikTok is concerned, we're banning them from the United States."
TikTok has an estimated billions of users around the world, especially popular with young publics who create and watch short-form videos.TikTok is a platform for hundreds of millions of people, including our community of creators and artists who are creating livelihoods from the app.
"We are not political, we do not accept political advertising and have no agenda , our only objective is to remain a vibrant, dynamic platform for everyone to enjoy" said TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer
James Lewis claims that the safety risk of using TikTok is "closely zero," but that Bytedance may face censorship pressure from China. James Lewis, head of technology policy at Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
"It looks like ByteDance may be getting squeezed by Beijing, so making them divest makes sense"James Lewis said