President Donald Trump signed and issued an executive order that bans the Chinese app TikTok in the country within 45 days. 

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The Chinese-owned social media application TikTok is now banned in the United States within 45 days. The report came after Pres. Trump signed and issued the executive order on Thursday night. Trump believed that social media application poses a threat to the country's national security. 

It can be remembered in the previous report of Latin Post last that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the country is looking to ban TikTok and other Chinese applications. The United States is now the second country in the world to ban TikTok from following India. 

U.S. politicians have long been criticized TikTok which is owned by Beijing-based startup ByteDance. Many of the politicians that the social media app is a threat to the country's national security and that it is gathering data or personal information and shared it with the Chinese government. 

However, TikTok spokesperson defended their company and claimed that they have never provided any information to the Chinese government nor will give any if they will be asked to do so. The spokesperson also added that there is no way that the app can compromise the country's national security.

The executive order stated, "TikTok automatically gathers vast swaths of information from its users, including internet and other network activity information such as location data and browsing and search history," It is also written in the order that the app can potentially track the location of federal employees.

The executive order issued by Pres. Donald Trump is putting pressure on the China-based company to sell its platform. It was also rumored that Microsoft is the potential and leading company t buy the application. 

Pres. Trump partially banned also WeChat, another Chinese owned social media platform that facilitates messaging, social media platform, and payment transactions.

The Chinese-owned social media application TikTok is now banned in the United States within 45 days. Trump believed that social media application poses a threat to the country's national security. 

In the previous report of Latin Post, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the country is looking to ban TikTok and other Chinese applications. The United States is now the second country in the world to ban TikTok from following India. 

U.S. politicians have long been criticized TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based startup ByteDance. Many politicians argue that the social media app is a threat to the country's national security and that it is gathering data or personal information and sharing it with the Chinese government. 

However, TikTok spokesperson defended their company and claimed that they have never provided any information to the Chinese government or will not give any if they are asked to do so. The spokesperson added that there is no way that the app can compromise the country's national security.

The executive order stated, "TikTok automatically gathers vast swaths of information from its users, including internet and other network activity information such as location data and browsing and search history." It is also written in the order that the app can potentially track the location of federal employees.

The executive order issued by President Donald Trump is putting pressure on the China-based company to sell its platform. Rumors have it that Microsoft is the potential and leading company to buy the application. 

Pres. Trump partially banned also WeChat; another Chinese owned social media platform that facilitates messaging, social media platform, and payment transactions.

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