Washington: Amid flaring tensions between the United States and China, President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered that a ban on interacting with popular social media platform TikTok or its Chinese parent company takes effect in 45 days.
Issuing an executive order to address the “threat” posed by TikTok, Trump said that beginning in 45 days, any transaction subject to US jurisdiction with ByteDance is prohibited.
“The United States must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security,” he said in the order.
After taking effect, the order will bar “any transaction by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, with ByteDance Ltd” or any company in which it has an interest.
China-based ByteDance owns TikTok, which has its US headquarters in Southern California.
Trump’s order contended the step is needed to “deal with the national emergency with respect to the information and communications technology and services supply chain.”
