TikTok Users Wage ‘War’ Against Donald Trump Considering Ban Of The App
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TikTok users are not pleased with Donald Trump “looking into” banning the app in the US.
The US president is considering banning the app due to its connection with China and the coronavirus. The app is owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based tech company.
In an interview with Fox News, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that anybody who downloads the app will run the risk of placing “private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.”
When asked about banning the app, Trump told Gray Television, “It’s a big business. Look, what happened with China with this virus, what they've done to this country and to the entire world is disgraceful.”
TikTok users are now threatening “war” against Trump if he decides to prohibit the app in the US.
Previously, several TikTokkers reserved empty seats to a Trump rally in Tulsa, which resulted in an unexpectedly poor turnout.
US Navy and Army service people have already been banned from downloading the app over the fear of their data being breached by the Chinese government, per CNET.
i officially have more followers on tik tok than on instagram so i will go to war to keep it from getting banned
— lay (@laynamccoy) July 9, 2020
that glitch on tik tok literally almost started a war between teenagers and the government.
— ainsley (@aainsleygracee) July 9, 2020
Tiktok influencers dropping one last video before the app is gone 💔 #riptiktok #tiktokban pic.twitter.com/bgtFCzXGam
— Laith🇵🇸 (@laithalishious) July 9, 2020
the fact i got tiktok as a joke back in october 2018 and ive become so emotionally attached to the app and now its possibly leaving me. #TiktokBan pic.twitter.com/RKe70O7HDx
— KaisKorner (@KaisKornerrr) July 9, 2020
Me saying goodbye to my chinese tiktok spy through the phone #tiktokban:
— Xico 🌻🐝 (@xic0__) July 9, 2020
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[via Cosmopolitan, cover image via Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com]
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