Trump Tiktok

• U.S. judge temporarily blocks Trump’s move to ban TikTok from app store

  The 90-minute hearing came after President Donald Trump declared this summer that TikTok was a threat to national security and that it either sold its U.S. operations to U.S. companies or the app would be barred from the country.

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  Sep 27, 2020
  
• Trump supports TikTok deal with Oracle to continue U.S. operations

  Trump told reporters at the White House he backs the deal with TikTok owner ByteDance, Oracle and Walmart to create a new company that will assume TikTok's U.S. operations called TikTok Global.

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  Sep 19, 2020
  
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• New tech export rules in China mean Beijing could have a say in TikTok sale

  ByteDance has been ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump to divest short video app TikTok in the United States amid security concerns over the personal data it handles.

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  Aug 30, 2020
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• Trump says tech company Oracle Corp could take over TikTok in the U.S.

  The remarks came after Oracle joined some of the investors of TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, in pursuing a bid for the short-video app's operations in North America, Australia and New Zealand, Reuters reported.

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  Aug 18, 2020
• Here’s what you need to know about Trump’s orders on Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat

  Here’s what’s at stake over Trump's executive orders to ban the Chinese-owned apps in the next 45 days.

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  Aug 7, 2020
• Trump issues executive orders to ban TikTok, WeChat apps in 45 days

  The app may be used for disinformation campaigns that benefit the Chinese Communist Party and the United States "must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security," Trump said in the order.

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  Aug 6, 2020
• Microsoft in advanced talks to take over TikTok’s U.S. operations: source

  There have been reports of U.S. tech giants and financial firms being interested in buying or investing in TikTok as the Trump administration sets its sights on the app.

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  Aug 1, 2020
• Trump says he plans to ban TikTok in U.S., opposes Chinese sale

  Trump said the ban will come through either an executive order or by using executive economic powers as soon as Saturday.

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  Jul 31, 2020
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• White House preparing to force Chinese company to sell TikTok: sources

  The move would be the culmination of U.S. national security concerns over the safety of the personal data that TikTok handles.

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  Jul 31, 2020