NEW YORK (NYTIMES) - It was a weekend of chaos on TikTok - unleashed Friday (July 31) night when President Donald Trump said, while aboard Air Force One, that he might ban the video app.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - It was a weekend of chaos on TikTok - unleashed Friday night when President Donald Trump said, while aboard Air Force One, that he might ban the video app.
TikTok has had a fraught relationship with the US government for some time. Several administration officials, including the president, fear the app is a security risk because its parent company, ByteDance, is Chinese, potentially giving the Chinese government access to American user data. TikTok and ByteDance have vehemently denied any relationship with the Chinese government.
"I saw a lot of youth on the ground TikToking the protests as opposed to livestreaming, tweeting or Instagramming," he said."The conversations these kids are having with each other are essential." "I think that a lot of people didn't like Trump before, and this has driven people to not like him even more," she said.
"Our generation has grown up on the Internet, but our vision of the Internet is going to require more than two gatekeepers. Why not use this as an opportunity to level the playing field?" they urged. Like thousands of other entertainers who have made the pilgrimage to Los Angeles in the most recent West Coast entertainment gold rush, Mr Newbill relies solely on income from TikTok to make a living.The loss of TikTok would upend large swaths of the entertainment industry that have just been completely reoriented around the app.
"They are concerned, worried and somewhat freaked out. One of them actually planned on quitting his job tomorrow to take his TikTok career to the next level. Our group chats are on fire right now."
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