
Donald Trump on TikTok: US President Donald Trump gave the first interview of his second presidential term on Thursday (January 23). In this interview, President Trump talked about the concerns of national security threats from the Chinese-owned video sharing platform TikTok.
While talking to Fox News, US President Donald Trump said, “Is this so important? “Will China watch these crazy videos to spy on young people and young children?”
However, Trump said that China could use TikTok in the future to spy on American users.
Trump expressed concern over the big threat from TikTok
Donald Trump told Fox News, “Apart from TikTok, another big threat could be that China makes all the equipment like phones and computers, which it can use to spy on the American people.” Trump said, “They make phones and they make computers. Apart from this, many other equipment are also made. Isn’t this a big danger?
ByteDance company denies allegations of espionage
ByteDance-owned company TikTok has already denied allegations of spying on its users. At the same time, quoting administration officials of former US President Joe Biden, Bloomberg said that on this Chinese-owned video sharing app, users’ name, address, credit card, shopping information, device and network information, GPS location data, biometric identification. , is charged with collecting keystroke patterns and behavioral data.
Donald Trump postpones ban on TikTok
On the first day of his presidential term, Donald Trump had signed an executive order and through this, Trump has postponed the ban on TikTok. Apart from this, Donald Trump has given 75 days time to ByteDance to sell the company.
Donald Trump believes that TikTok helped him connect with young voters, which helped him win the US elections. Apart from this, Trump also proposed that his associate and Tesla CEO Elon Musk should buy TikTok and run it in partnership with the US government.
Also read: Gay marriage gets legal recognition in the country which is the favorite travel destination of Indians, 300 marriages on the first day