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TikTok downloads to be blocked in US from Sunday
18 Sep 202018 September 2020
Last updated at 09:48
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From Sunday people living in the US won't be able to download TikTok.
It follows an executive order from President Donald Trump, forcing US app stores such as Apple and Google to remove TikTok and another app called WeChat.
TikTok users will be able to continue to use the app if they have it installed already, but it will not be updated, and any existing users won't be able to re-download it if they delete it.
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TikTok has 100 million users in the US and the country is also home to one of its biggest stars, Charli D'Amelio, who has 87 million followers.
However, the app is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance and Donald Trump has described TikTok along with WeChat, which is also Chinese owned, as a 'threat'.
US officials and politicians have said they are concerned that users' personal data, collected by ByteDance via TikTok, may end up being passed to the Chinese government.
A statement from the US Commerce Department said:
"The Chinese Communist Party has demonstrated the means and motives to use these apps to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and the economy of the US.
"While the threats posed by WeChat and TikTok are not identical, they are similar. Each collects vast swaths of data from users, including network activity, location data, and browsing and search histories."
It comes after it was revealed in June that more than 50 apps, including TikTok, were found to be recording the text that users have been copying and pasting on Apple iPhones and other devices.
The app was also banned in India recently, along with 58 other apps, with the Indian government claiming it is a threat to the country's national security.
However, TikTok has said it would never share user information with Chinese authorities
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/54208735
TikTok downloads to be blocked in US from Sunday
18 Sep 202018 September 2020
Last updated at 09:48
View Comments
From Sunday people living in the US won't be able to download TikTok.
It follows an executive order from President Donald Trump, forcing US app stores such as Apple and Google to remove TikTok and another app called WeChat.
TikTok users will be able to continue to use the app if they have it installed already, but it will not be updated, and any existing users won't be able to re-download it if they delete it.
More TikTok stories
TikTok: US deal aims to avoid Trump ban
Why is TikTok disappearing from some countries?
Apps including TikTok have recorded what you copy and paste
TikTok is paying its top UK creators for the first time
WATCH: What do US users think about President Donald Trump's plans to ban it?
TikTok has 100 million users in the US and the country is also home to one of its biggest stars, Charli D'Amelio, who has 87 million followers.
However, the app is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance and Donald Trump has described TikTok along with WeChat, which is also Chinese owned, as a 'threat'.
US officials and politicians have said they are concerned that users' personal data, collected by ByteDance via TikTok, may end up being passed to the Chinese government.
A statement from the US Commerce Department said:
"The Chinese Communist Party has demonstrated the means and motives to use these apps to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and the economy of the US.
"While the threats posed by WeChat and TikTok are not identical, they are similar. Each collects vast swaths of data from users, including network activity, location data, and browsing and search histories."
It comes after it was revealed in June that more than 50 apps, including TikTok, were found to be recording the text that users have been copying and pasting on Apple iPhones and other devices.
The app was also banned in India recently, along with 58 other apps, with the Indian government claiming it is a threat to the country's national security.
However, TikTok has said it would never share user information with Chinese authorities
