Microsoft Moves Forward With TikTok Purchase Plans After Talk With Trump

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Zach King, 30, is one of the most influential TikTokers with over 45 million followers on the popular social media platform. But the illusionist, who gained popularity with his magic 6-second Vine videos, says the US ban on TikTok “could potentially hurt” many creators just getting started.

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Donald Trump issued an executive order regarding TikTok on Thursday, barring transactions with parent company ByteDance if they don't sell the app in 45 days, according to The Hollywood Reporter. With over 100 million users in the U.S., the video-sharing platform has come under fire over user data privacy and security concerns.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCould a Twitter-TikTok tie-up transpire?The social network and TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, have engaged in “preliminary” discussions about merging TikTok’s U.S. operations with Twitter, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing anonymous individuals.Twitter declined to comment.

TikTok is reportedly planning on suing the Trump Administration.

Pres. Donald Trump's executive order essentially banning the popular social video app in the U.S.

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SensorTower.The big four U.S.-based social media apps that are direct competitors to TikTok are Byte, Dubsmash, Triller and Zynn. SensorTower found that these four apps were downloaded 1.5 million times since July 27 when President Trump first made mention of banning TikTok because of its Chinese parent company ByteDance and concerns that ByteDance is misusing user information to compromise U.S.

Business Insider.The new feature will be rolled out to users in Australia and New Zealand today (August 5) and will be launched in other countries at a later date.It comes after Microsoft recently confirmed that it is in talks to purchase the US operations of TikTok after Donald Trump said he wanted to ban the popular app over the weekend.The tech firm recently released a statement saying: “Microsoft fully appreciates the importance of addressing the President’s concerns.

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Donald Trump has threatened to ban social media platform TikTok from U.S.

Donald Trump said he wanted to ban the popular app over the weekend, which sees users sharing short-form videos and has over 80 million users in the US.Now, Microsoft boss Satya Nadella has spoken with Trump about a possible acquisition of the Chinese-owned app, according to the tech firm.The company released a statement saying: “Microsoft fully appreciates the importance of addressing the President’s concerns.

It looks like Microsoft is very serious about buying ownership of TikTok.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorMicrosoft confirmed that it is in talks to buy TikTok from China’s ByteDance — coming after Donald Trump said he opposed such a deal and has claimed he plans to ban TikTok.Microsoft said that if it consummated a deal for TikTok, it would move all data servers covering U.S.-based users to American shores, in a bid to alleviate U.S.

Hot New Hip Hop said today that Donald Trump, the president of the United States of America, plans to use an executive order of some kind to ban TikTok in the United States. Rumor has it that TikTok may be used as a spyware, disguised as a social media application.

The Wall Street Journal.After Trump’s remarks, TikTok tried to make additional concessions, which included adding as many as 10,000 jobs in the United States over the next three years. The founder of TikTok parent company Bytedance, Zhang Yiming, agreed to sell his stake as part of any deal.