The development came after Trump gave an executive order on August 14, requiring ByteDance to separate its interests in video sharing app TikTokare operations in the US within 90 days.
“There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance … can take action that threatens to restrict the national security of the United States,” the U.S. president said in a statement.
The new order came after an earlier executive order was signed by Trump. The previous order could have forced US-based app stores to stop distributing the TikTok app if ByteDance did not reach a deal to disinvest them in 45 days.
Under the latter order, ByteDance is expected to destroy all copies of TikTok data to US users.
Earlier this month, he was U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said the Trump administration is “working hard” to protect Americans from the threats of “untrusted vendors” such as TikTok and WeChat, who want to remove it from US app stores like those operated by Apple and Google.
U.S. politicians have criticized TikTok, owned by Beijing-based startup ByteDance, several times over the threat to national security because of its ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
China and the US are aware of a variety of issues, including Hong Kong national security law, the South China Sea, coronavirus and trade.
Last month, the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) banned 47 apps, which were variants and cloned copies of the 59 apps banned earlier in June.
These banned clones include Tiktok Lite, Helo Lite, SHAREit Lite, BIGO LIVE Lite and VFY Lite.
The 59 apps, most of which were Chinese, were banned by the Indian government in view of the available information they are engaging in activities that are “prejudices to sovereignty and integrity and defense” of the country.
The ban came amid a standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh.
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