On Wednesday, it was reported that the US government is demanding that TikTok’s Chinese owners sell their shares or face a potential ban on the app in America.
The Biden administration is taking dramatic steps to potentially block the video-sharing app in the US amid fears of its user data being shared with the Chinese government.
This is the first time under the administration that a ban has been threatened.
In 2020, Donald Trump attempted to ban TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, but was impeded by US courts.
China responded to the White House’s demands by accusing the US of a lack of evidence that TikTok threatened its national security.
Wang Wenbin of the Chinese foreign ministry said that the US should stop spreading disinformation about data security and provide an open, fair, and non-discriminatory environment for foreign businesses to invest and operate in the US.
TikTok, which has over 100 million US users, has already been affected by the White House’s actions after it ordered government agencies to delete the app on federal devices and systems.
More than 30 states followed suit by preventing staff from using the social media platform on government-owned devices.
China denounced the US over its TikTok bans, saying it has been “abusing state power”.
There are suggestions of a nationwide ban, as Republicans and Democrats joined forces late last year to unveil bipartisan legislation that would enforce such an option.
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