Trump says he will ban TikTok in the US

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Why tho<p>From article: „US security officials have expressed concern that the app, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, could be used to collect the personal data of Americans.„<p>&#x2F;s Fun days ahead. s&#x2F;

Pretty skeptical he can get this done via executive order, although there seems to be a bipartisan anti-Chinese mood in Congress, so who knows?

Hypothetically, if TikTok goes instant&#x2F;webapp how would this ban be implemented? Great Firewall of US?

&gt; US security officials have expressed concern that the app, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, could be used to collect the personal data of Americans.<p>Wow, sounds serious! I wonder if any other piece of software in the world has this problem. Perhaps Trump should ban all of those too. Better safe than sorry! :-(