Microsoft Pauses Talks to Buy TikTok After Trump Suggests Total US Ban (Report)

Here's something we learned in 2018: When Taylor Swift tweets about politics, people listen. When Taylor Swift posts or tweets about anything, people listen, but when she publicly endorsed two Democratic Congressional candidates before the 2018 midterms, her fans paid attention.

Things are slowly getting back to normal for Simon Cowell. Last weekend, the former "American Idol" judge broke his back after falling from a new bike he was testing at his home.

for a ban of the Tencent-owned company’s operations in the U.S.Installations of Signal, an encrypted texting app based in the United States, rose 30% in the six days following Trump’s Aug.

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.

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.

TikTok is reportedly planning on suing the Trump Administration.

Jason Derulo is a big fan of the social media platform, TikTok. Page Six says the performing artist even has 30 million followers.

Jason Derulo, also known as the unofficial "King of TikTok," isn't too worried that President Trump will actually ban the popular video-sharing app. On Thursday, Trump said he would start banning TikTok in 45 days if the social media company isn't acquired by a United States-based company. Jason is skeptical."I don't believe that will be the case, honestly, but that would be a sad day for a lot of people, including myself," he told Page Six.

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

Donald Trump has ordered a ban of “transactions” with the owners of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat.The orders – which come into force in 45 days – remain vague but could potentially involve the removal of the apps from the Apple and Google app stores.The US President previously threatened a deadline of September 15 to “close down” the app unless Microsoft or “somebody else” purchased it.TikTok, which is wildly popular among young people, is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.

President Donald Trump is moving one step closer to banning the social media app TikTok in the United States and he just declared a national emergency over the app, according to BuzzFeed.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorPresident Trump will not try to immediately shut down TikTok as he had previously threatened but said the Chinese-owned app will be “out of business” by Sept. 15 in the U.S.

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.

its statement. The Trump Administration has been weighing whether to ban or force a sale of TikTok over concern that ByteDance may be sharing data of American users with the Chinese government. Microsoft says it will continue talks with ByteDance and will decide whether or not to complete the sale by September 15.

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.

President Trump told reporters Friday night he plans to banTikTok from the U.S. through executive action.