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According to NBCNews, the US started targeting TikTok for a while and threatened to ban the app if the company behind it, ByteDance, would not sell TikTok’s US operations to a US company if it wanted to continue operating.
Earlier this week, Oracle surpassed Microsoft as the most likely candidate to buy TikTok’s US operations. But progress on the deal hasn’t been fast enough, and the deadline for completion is September 20. As a result, the application will be banned from the platforms that distributed the application on the same day.
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TikTok to be sold to Oracle, ignoring Microsoft’s offer |
While some have doubted that the TikTok claims are being used to spy on Americans, some have defended the government’s strong stance. James Lewis, a networking expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said: “This is the most intense spy campaign against the United States since the Reagan administration. We are engaged in a powerful spy war with China.
Additionally, United States President Donald Trump also issued an executive order allowing ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, to divest from the social media platform in the United States on November 21. If the deal with Oracle is approved after that, TikTok could go back to the app store.
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