by by Inchara Inchara JJ & & Arabi Arabi Mahanujam Mahanujam edited edited by by Taruni Taruni Manam Manam & & Harvi Harvi Karatha Karatha
TikTok is the app that nearly swept the USA off its feet. With everything from comedy skits, musical performances, memes, and dancing, TikTok was the ideal social media app for teens and young adults. However, where did it go wrong? Why did the incumbent U.S. President, Donald J. Trump, decide to ban TikTok from the United States? Luckily, TikTok has not been banned yet. Although this is good for stars such as the Lopez Brothers, Charlie D’Amelio, and the SwayBoys, many are left to wonder why this event nearly happened. Let’s start at the basics. Tiktok is a social media platform owned by the Chinese Company ByteDance. The United States has been understandably scared of China ‘stealing’ their information through the use of social media: is this fear rational? Compared to other sites, such as Facebook, Reddit, and LinkedIn, TikTok’s data collection appears to be quite restrained. Similar to Reddit, TikTok copies information to a clipboard and stores it there. It watches things you see to generate your feed.
vs vs
Additionally, TikTok does not have any Chinese employees. The obvious reason for this is that countries such as India and the U.S. would accuse them of relaying information from one country to China. Regardless of these restrictions, Donald J. Trump, the 45th and current president of the U.S.A., has expressed a desire to ban TikTok. However, due to the strong objections from users and influencers, he backed down. He suggested that if Microsoft bought TikTok, he would reconsider the ban.
Although the security issue is one major speculation as to why Trump intends on banning TikTok, there seems to be another matter at hand. According to Forbes, it is possible that Trump’s decision was affected by what happened at the Trump rally on June 19 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Due to the rally coinciding with Juneteenth, many people were angered and decided to form a campaign on TikTok and Twitter advising people to flood reservations with fake names, emails, and phone numbers.
References Brown, A. (2020, August 02). Is This The Real Reason Why Trump Wants To Ban TikTok? R https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2020/08/01/is-this-the-real-reason-why-tr Leskin, P. (2020, August 05). No, Donald Trump can't 'ban' TikTok. Retrieved September 0 experts-cfius-alternative-options-2020-7
19
[1] PolyMatter (YouTube Channel), (August 4, 2020), The TikTok Ban, youtube.com, YouTu v=34qpwtU9uoI&feature=youtu.be
