Trump says he will ban TikTok in the US

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53619287

by fasicle • 6 years ago

29 9 6 years ago

bbc.co.uk

peteretep• 6 years ago

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?

culturestate2• 6 years ago

Pretty skeptical he can get this done via executive order

The president can (effectively) order CFIUS (the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) to review ownership on national security grounds, and if they determine that it constitutes a security risk CFIUS can order that it be divested.

This happened with Grindr last year[1] and the sale was closed in March.

1. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-grindr-m-a-exclusive/excl...

einpoklum3• 6 years ago

Your example involves ownership of a US company ("West Hollywood, California-based Grindr" LLC).

Availability of an app for download is something quite different.

firebaze• 6 years ago

Already discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24016938

idclip• 6 years ago

Why tho

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.„

/s Fun days ahead. s/

dirtyid• 6 years ago

Hypothetically, if TikTok goes instant/webapp how would this ban be implemented? Great Firewall of US?

einpoklum3• 6 years ago

US security officials have expressed concern that the app, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, could be used to collect the personal data of Americans.

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! :-(

Trump says he will ban TikTok in the US

Related Stories