TikTok said the executive order<\/a> signed on August 6 by U.S. President Donald Trump was issued \u201cwithout any due process\u201d<\/p>\n The TikTok statement said that for nearly a year they have sought to engage the U.S. government in good faith to provide a constructive solution to the concerns raised by Trump.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we encountered instead was that the Administration paid no attention to facts, dictated terms of an agreement without going through standard legal processes, and tried to insert itself into negotiations between private businesses,\u201d the statement said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n The company said the recent order \u201csets a dangerous precedent\u201d for free expression and open markets as they vowed to pursue all remedies available to them if not by the Trump administration then by the U.S. courts.<\/p>\n Trump issued separate executive orders to ban TikTok and WeChat<\/a> particularly their parent companies Bytedance and Tencent from engaging in any business transactions with U.S. companies<\/p>\n The ban will take effect in 45 days and may worsen even more the ongoing technology war between the United States and China.<\/p>\n Trump said TikTok and WeChat are a cause for concern as it \u201ccontinues to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n The U.S. President cited the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the National Emergencies Act as among the laws that grant authority for him to issue both orders.<\/p>\n TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, has 800 million users worldwide and over 100 million users in the U.S.<\/p>\n Through the app, Trump says TikTok captures \u201cvast swaths of information\u201d that includes Internet and other network activity information such as location data, browsing, and search histories.<\/p>\n According to Trump, the data collected from Americans can be accessed by the Chinese Communist Party thereby gaining access to personal and proprietary information.<\/p>\n Despite efforts made by TikTok to remedy the issue by going to the extent of opening discussions of ceding ownership of U.S. operations to tech giant Microsoft<\/a>, \u201cthere has been, and continues to be, no due process or adherence to the law.\u201d<\/p>\n See Related Story: <\/strong>Microsoft Confirms Continuing Talks to Purchase TikTok in the U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n Tiktok further said:<\/p>\n \u201cThe text of the decision makes it plain that there has been a reliance on unnamed “reports” with no citations, fears that the app \u2018may be\u2019 used for misinformation campaigns with no substantiation of such fears, and concerns about the collection of data that is industry standard for thousands of mobile apps around the world.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n As early as last month, TikTok had made it clear in its announcements that it has never shared user data with the Chinese government nor censored content to favor Beijing.<\/p>\n As regards the company\u2019s discussions with Microsoft it will have until September 15 to close a deal with the tech giant.<\/p>\n In an earlier announcement, TikTok US general manager Vanessa Pappas stressed the company is \u2018not going anywhere\u2019 and assured users of their security and safety in using the app.<\/p>\n A message to the TikTok community. pic.twitter.com\/UD3TR2HfEf<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 TikTok (@tiktok_us) August 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Pappas also said that the company currently has 1,500 U.S. employees and is set to bring more than 10,000 jobs in the country in the next three years. They will also introduce a U.S. Creators Fund amounting to $1 billion to support content creators.<\/p>\n\n
Ban worsens US-China tech war<\/h2>\n
\u2018No due process\u2019 in the issuance of executive order<\/h2>\n
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Tencent also reviewing Trump\u2019s order<\/h2>\n
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