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If full China control over TikTok is a security risk, co-control won’t be better,
said Brock Silvers, managing director at private equity firm Kaiyuan Capital, calling celebrations over the app’s reprieve premature TikTok is back online, but the iOS store hasn’t restored the app. That demonstrates the complexities here,
said Jasmine Enberg, vice president and principal analyst at Emarketer We hope the US can listen to rational voices and provide an open, fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for companies from across the world,
spokeswoman Mao Ning told a regular press briefing in Beijing China will take some time to make a judgment on Trump’s real purpose, and a possible transaction,
Trump’s proposal is not the best solution,
said Cui Hongjian, a former Chinese diplomat who teaches at Beijing Foreign Studies University And for all of those concerns that people were saying that TikTok is going to be used as a propaganda tool by the Chinese, understand that they’re using it as a propaganda tool for the right. Now, I want you all to put all the pieces together because what this effectively means is that every social media platform, mass social media platform in the United States has been taken over by the right wing."
First of all, Donald Trump is not president right now,
TikTok is now saying ‘hey we are agreeing. We will use our push notification system for all 170 million American users to promote Donald Trump,
As a result of President Trump’s efforts, TikTok is back in the U.S.!”
And TikTok thanked Trump when it restored the app, telling users We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok,
TikTok said in a statement Sunday I was fully crying myself to sleep last night because it was just so sad and I felt like I’d lost a whole community and a job,
influencer Shay Sullivan, who has 1.1 million followers on TikTok, told CNN on Sunday I would like the United States to have a 50% ownership position in a joint venture,
Now that the law has taken effect, there is no legal basis for any kind of 'extension' of its effective date. For TikTok to come back online in the future, ByteDance must agree to a sale that satisfies the law's qualified-divestiture requirements by severing all ties between TikTok and Communist China."
Republican senators Tom Cotton and Pete Ricketts said in a joint statement China will take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests,
Frankly, we have no choice. We have to save it,
Trump said at a rally on Sunday ahead of his inauguration Whether you like TikTok or not, we’re going to make a lot of money.”
Donald Trump told a crowd tonight Downloads for this app are paused due to current US legal requirements.”
On Google’s Playstore a message says Today we’re announcing a new app called Edits for those of you who are passionate about making videos on your phone,
Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram said in a video statement on the app There will be a dedicated tab for inspiration, another for keeping track of early ideas, a much higher-quality camera (which I used to record this video), all the editing tools you’d expect, the ability to share drafts with friends and other creators, and — if you decide to share your videos on Instagram — powerful insights into how those videos perform,
The United States must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security,
