The short-form video app TikTok has quickly become a key part of popular culture in the US, serving as a platform for viral memes as well as political satire . Facebook, the dominant force in social media, has tried to copy the app, but so far that has not slowed down its rapid rise.
But now TikTok faces the most direct threat to its expansion in the US -- not from a competitor, but from the US government. President Donald Trump his administration is "looking at" banning the app, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, on Monday by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
It's just the latest, and most high-profile, example of Washington raising alarms about the app that's popular among younger users in the US, where TikTok has been Other prominent critics have previously highlighted TikTok as a potential spying threat. Last year, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cottonthe intelligence community to assess the risk TikTok may pose to national security.
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The short-form video app TikTok has quickly become a key part of popular culture in the US, serving as a platform for viral memes as well as political satire . Facebook, the dominant force in social media, has tried to copy the app, but so far that has not slowed down its rapid rise.
But now TikTok faces the most direct threat to its expansion in the US -- not from a competitor, but from the US government. President Donald Trump his administration is "looking at" banning the app, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, on Monday by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
It's just the latest, and most high-profile, example of Washington raising alarms about the app that's popular among younger users in the US, where TikTok has been Other prominent critics have previously highlighted TikTok as a potential spying threat. Last year, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cottonthe intelligence community to assess the risk TikTok may pose to national security.
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