Trump's statement shows a change in his positions, after his administration issued a decision in 2020 to ban "Tik Tok" in the United States, citing its threat to national security (European News Agency)

Former US President Donald Trump announced yesterday, Monday, that he opposes banning the “Tik Tok” application in the United States, unlike current President Joe Biden, who expressed his willingness to pursue a draft law that threatens the application, according to Agence France-Presse.

The only Republican Party candidate for the presidential elections scheduled for November 5 said in an interview with CNBC: “What bothers me is that without TikTok, you will promote the growth of Facebook, which to me is an enemy of the people, just like the media.” Other".

His statement shows a change in his positions, after his administration issued a decision in August 2020 to ban “Tik Tok” in the United States, citing its threat to national security.

But two federal judges in separate courts suspended this decision, in September and December 2020, and the Trump administration did not appeal the decisions.

On Thursday, a committee in the US House of Representatives voted with all 50 members in favor of a draft law that, if adopted, would force ByteDance, which owns TikTok, to sell its subsidiary, under penalty of banning the social network in the United States.

The text will be put to a vote in the House of Representatives this week, according to American media.

US President Joe Biden said on Friday: “If they adopt it, I will sign it,” expressing his readiness to issue the new law, which has the support of Democratic and Republican members of Congress.

Members of the US Congress are concerned about the links between TikTok and the Chinese authorities, and fear the risk of large transfers of American user data to China.

The application confirmed on several occasions that it had not received any requests from the Chinese authorities in this regard, stressing that it would reject any similar request if it was directed to it.

Trump said that he supports data protection, but he confirmed, without providing evidence, that other technology companies are ready to provide information about American users if Beijing requests it, referring to Facebook.

After Trump changed his position, American media reported links between the former US president and businessman Jeff Yass, a major financier of Republican candidates whose investment company, Susquehanna International Group, owns a large stake in the capital of TikTok.

According to the New York Post, Jeff Yass met with Trump in Florida a few days ago and threatened to stop funding Republican candidates if the bill related to TikTok was passed.

In response to a question by CNBC, Donald Trump denied that he had discussed the issue with the financier.

Source: French