US looking at banning TikTok

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the US would certainly look at banning Chinese social media apps including short-form video app TikTok over national security and privacy concerns.

Pompeo says with respect to Chinese apps on people's cell phones, he can assure that the United States will get this one right too. He stated in an interview on Fox News that people should only download TikTok if they want their private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party.

The news comes as TikTok increasingly looks to distance itself from its parent company Beijing-based ByteDance.

Last week, TikTok, along with 58 other China-made apps, were banned from India over national security and privacy concerns.

The ban came as a huge blow to TikTok as India was one of its fastest-growing and most profitable markets.

There is also reports that Australia to ban this app too.

[Source: billboard.com]