Donald Trump bans transactions with TikTok's Chinese owner

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Donald Trump bans transactions with TikTok's Chinese owner

By Semi Turaga

Friday 07/08/2020

US President Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order banning any transactions with ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns the video-sharing app TikTok, starting in 45 days.

Trump said in the order that the app may be used for disinformation campaigns that benefit the Chinese Communist Party and the United States "must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security,"

[Source: Newshub]

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