NEW YORK: President Donald
Trump
said he will take action as quickly as Saturday to ban TikTok, a popular Chinese-owned video app that has provided
national security
and censorship concerns.
Trump’s remarks came after released reports that the administration is planning to buy China’s ByteDance to offer TikTok. There were likewise reports Friday that software application giant Microsoft remains in speak with purchase the app.
” As far as TikTok is concerned, we’re banning them from the United States,” Trump informed reporters Friday on Air Force One as he returned from Florida.
Trump stated he could use emergency economic powers or an executive order to enforce the action, firmly insisting, “I have that authority.”
Reports by Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal mentioning confidential sources said the administration