• International.Trump announces that it will ban TikTok in the United States for national security reasons
  • Technology: Microsoft wants to buy TikTok, which could save the app from the US veto

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order prohibiting any transaction or business with ByteDance , the Chinese developer of TikTok , from 45 days.

"The United States must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security," Trump said in the text of the executive order, which would eliminate the application in the United States if it does not change hands .

The Trump administration maintains that TikTok poses a threat to US national security and is seeking to force its sale to a US company like Microsoft , which has shown interest in the popular social network.

"The ( TikTok ) data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party to access Americans' personal and private information, potentially allowing China to track the locations of federal employees and contractors, create personal information files for blackmail and corporate espionage, "the order holds.

Trump said that TikTok creates "real risks" for the US, so he banned any business with its parent company, a move that may force ByteDance to sell its social network in the next 45 days .

This period goes a little beyond the date of September 15 that Trump marked TikTok this week to sell his business or leave the United States, where according to the Government he has more than 175 million downloads.

"I don't care if it's Microsoft or another large company, a secure company, a very American company has to buy it," Trump said at the White House on Monday.

Microsoft announced this Sunday that it is continuing negotiations with ByteDance for the possible purchase of TikTok in the US and promised to complete the operation no later than next September.

The Trump administration , as well as top Democratic leaders, have insisted that the widespread use of TikTok puts American data privacy and national security at risk, as it is exposed through ByteDance to government instructions and intervention. Chinese.

In addition to TikTok , Trump also banned on Thursday for similar reasons business or transactions from 45 days with the Chinese technology company Tencent for its WeChat application.

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