New Delhi:
US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order regarding short video sharing site TikTok. In this, TikTok has been given 75 days time. There will be no ban on it during this period. The government has instructed the Attorney General not to take any action during this period to enforce the law banning TikTok. Earlier on January 19, this app had stopped working in America after a decision of the US Supreme Court. But even before Trump’s swearing in, TikTok has started working in America. With this, the discussion has intensified that a deal for TikTok can be made in America by this week.
Why did America ban TikTok?
In fact, in April 2024, then President Joe Biden had signed a bill to ban TikTok. This bill was passed by both houses of the US Congress with a majority. It talked about banning TikTok keeping in mind the national security. Officials said that ByteDance, the company running TikTok, is a Chinese company, it Given this, there is a possibility of misuse of data of American citizens. Under this bill, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance was given 270 days to separate from the app or face a ban from the American app store. This deadline ended on January 19 this year. The US Supreme Court on Friday ruled in favor of the law banning TikTok. TikTok could escape this ban only if its parent company ByteDance sold it to a recognized American company. But before this, TikTok stopped working in America from Saturday itself.
In April, America passed a bill to ban TikTok in 2024.
What did Trump think about TikTok earlier?
Earlier in 2020, Donald Trump had issued an executive order in his first term. It was said that TikTok’s data collection may help China track the locations of government employees and contacts, use their personal information for blackmailing and spying. People do not trust TikTok because ByteDance is a Chinese company.
Before taking the oath of office, Donald Trump had said in a rally on Sunday that if we say honestly, we have no option. We have to save this. He had said that to save it a joint bencher would have to be formed. About 17 crore people in America use TikTok. Even before this Trump rally, TikTok had told its users that TikTok has returned to America as a result of Trump’s efforts. TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shu Ji Chew attended Trump’s swearing-in ceremony.
Why does Donald Trump want to save TikTok?
After issuing the executive order, Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social that America should have 50 percent ownership stake in the joint venture. He said that he wants to save people’s jobs. He said that we do not want to give our business to China. Since then, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Arkel CEO Larry Ellison and James Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as Mr. Beast, have emerged as potential buyers. Oracle owns most of TikTok’s servers in the US. Apart from these two, there are many potential buyers of TikTok.
TikTok CEO Shu Ji Chew attended Trump’s swearing-in ceremony.
Meanwhile, a member of the board of directors of ByteDance says that work in this direction will start by the end of this week. In this, the American and Chinese governments as well as the company and the board of directors will have to be involved.
Restrictions are still in place in India
TikTok was one of the most downloaded apps in the world in 2018. It also had more than 200 million users in India. But in June 2020, the Indian government banned 59 apps citing emergency measures and national security. Was. TikTok was also included in these. India had imposed this ban to protect the security, sovereignty and integrity of the country. At that time the government had said that it does not want any kind of breach in the data and privacy of the citizens of India. At the time when TikTok was banned, the border dispute between India and China was at its peak.
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