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Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th President of America. Trump had previously been the President of America from 2016 to 2020.
Chinese short video app TikTok is not currently banned in America. Donald Trump on Sunday, a day before his inauguration, ordered officials to give TikTok more time.
In fact, the US Federal Court had asked TikTok to sell its stake to its parent company ByteDance by January 19. After which, on Sunday, the app stopped working in the phones of most of the users in America.
A few hours later on Sunday, TikTok issued a statement on social media. The company wrote- The service is being restored. We will work closely with President Trump to keep TikTok in the US.
Regarding TikTok’s surveillance, Trump wrote on Social Media Truth-
I would like the United States to own 50% of TikTok in a joint venture with the company. By doing this, we will save TikTok, keep it in good hands, and let it survive.
Note – Data according to the Pew Research Survey report released in September.
The order to ban came on January 17 On January 17, the US Supreme Court approved a law to ban TikTok, citing national security concerns. Apple Hub reported that the TikTok app had been removed from the American App Store.
According to media reports, when TikTok users in America opened the app, this message was visible – ‘A law banning TikTok has been implemented in America. Unfortunately, this means you can’t use TikTok right now. We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to restart TikTok after taking office.
What was the whole matter…
- US President Joe Biden had made a law to ban the TikTok app.
- While presenting the bill, the app was described as a threat to national security and user privacy.
- The Senate, the upper house of the US Parliament, passed the bill against the app by 79-18 votes.
- On April 24 this year, Biden had signed this new bill banning the app.
- Biden had issued an order asking ByteDance to sell its stake in 9 months.
- Then TikTok CEO Shaw Ji Chew had said, ‘We will go to court against the new law.’
- TikTok CEO had filed a petition in the US court calling the bill against ‘free speech’.
- TikTok had hoped that the argument would be heard in the Federal Court, but its hopes were dashed.
More than 500 apps including TikTok banned in India
The TikTok app was banned in India in June 2020. The Indian government had described Chinese apps as a threat to the sovereignty and security of the country. After the military clash on the India-China border, India had banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok. A few months before the ban, India had also banned investment by Chinese companies. So far, more than 500 Chinese apps have been banned in India.
Chinese company’s video app TikTok was accused of promoting pornography. Apart from this, he also had to face allegations of stealing data of Indians. Madras High Court had first banned it. After being banned from the High Court, ByteDance had appealed to the Supreme Court. He had also restored the order of Madras High Court.
Due to the ban in India, its parent company ByteDance is incurring a loss of 5 lakh dollars (Rs 3.50 crore) every day. Madras High Court had ordered the Central Government to ban the downloading of TikTok, this is promoting pornography. After this, the Ministry of Information and Technology had asked Apple and Google to remove TikTok from its online store. Both companies removed the app. At that time there were 24 crore users of TikTok in the country.
what did tiktok say At the time of the ban, TikTok India CEO Nikhil Gandhi had said – We are following Indian law. We are following all the rules of data privacy and security under Indian law. We have not shared the information of Indian users with any foreign government including China. Even if we are requested to do so in future, we will not do so. We understand the importance of user privacy.
How were Chinese apps banned in India? There is a section in the IT Act made in the year 2000 – 69A. This section says that if the government feels it is in the interest of sovereignty, security and unity of the country, then it can order blocking of any computer resource for the common people. This section says that if the government’s order is not followed, then imprisonment up to seven years can be imposed and fine can also be imposed.
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