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Trump will postpone SPIKTOK again with ninety days
President Trump wants to postpone the deadline for the sale of the American activities of Tiktok with ninety days. The Chinese parent company of the app, Bytedance, initially had time for the sale until Thursday.
According to the White House spokesperson, the US President will sign a decree this week to “keep Tiktok in the air”.
Trump previously told journalists that he “probably” grants the company more time. It is the third time that Trump postpones the deadline so that Tiktok can still stay in the air in the US. Trump said he had a “weak spot” for Tiktok.
Influence Chinese government
The Biden government has the platform early last year forbidden. Trump’s predecessor considered Tiktok as a danger to national security because the app is in the hands of the Chinese company Bytedance.
The then government pointed out that the Chinese government may be used to collect data from Americans on a large scale and to influence them. Hard evidence for this is missing. Washington and Beijing are involved in a geopolitical and economic power struggle.
App on black
In January of this year, just before Trumps inauguration, the app went Just on black for a moment In the US. After his appointment, President Trump signed a decree, making the app available again. According to American law, the app is still prohibited, but for the time being, Trump is always postponing the reintroduction of that ban.
Is Tiktok’s secret weapon of China?
The whole case around the banning from TIKTOK in the United States began In Trump’s first ambmpiation. In August 2020, the president said he was planning Tiktok.
The popular app where short films are shared is used worldwide by around 1.4 billion people. More than 120 million people use the app in the US.
Many people – mostly young people – also use the app in the Netherlands. Around 4 million Dutch people have the app, more than 2.5 million people use the app daily.
European fine
The video app has been under a magnifying glass for years when it comes to privacy and data storage, especially because the app is widely used by children and teenagers.
At the beginning of May, the Chinese company was fined violating European privacy legislation. The company received a fine of 485 million euros because it could not show that it protects data that ends up in China as well as in the European Union.
In addition, there was a fine of 45 million euros because Tiktok did not make it clear that the data from users could end up in China.
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