US President Tik Tok orders Chinese company to sell business August 16 16:49
US President Trump has ordered a Chinese company that runs a video-sharing app "TikTok" to sell its business in the United States within 90 days because it threatens security.
The Trump administration was proceeding with an investigation by a governmental committee on the possibility that the personal information of users might be misused by the Chinese government regarding the world-famous video sharing application "TikTok".
On the 14th, President Trump found in a survey that "there is credible evidence that it threatens US security" for the Chinese company "Bite Dance," which operates "TikTok."
He then ordered Bite Dance to sell its business in the United States within 90 days.
We also ordered the deletion of personal information of users of the app. Regarding "TikTok", Microsoft, a major IT company, is in the process of negotiations to acquire an American business, but President Trump has so far indicated that he will ban the business unless an agreement is reached by the next month.
Furthermore, on the 6th of this month, we signed a presidential decree prohibiting transactions with Bite Dance from the end of next month.
This order ordered a Chinese company to sell its business, and the Chinese government is expected to strongly oppose it.