Published 03:27 IST, August 23rd 2020

TikTok to continue operations in United States despite Trump's executive orders for ban

Amidst the growing tensions between the United States and China, the US has been putting pressure on Chinese business, especially Chinese apps

Reported by: Shubham Bose
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Despite Trump's executive orders restricting TikTok’s ability to operates in United States, Chinese video-sharing app's senior executive Vanessa Pappas has stated that social media platform will continue with its operations in country. White House Administration under Donald Trump has targeted Chinese apps such as TikTok and WeChat citing national security reasons.

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TikTok to persist

Earlier,  US President issued executive orders calling for TikTok to be sold to an American company like Microsoft in order for it to continue functioning in US.

In her first interview since executive orders were signed by Trump, Pappas said that re are multiple paths ahead of app to be able to continue providing millions of US citizens with an amazing experience. She also tweeted stating that TikTok was t a national security threat as is being claimed by Trump administration.

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Amidst growing tensions between United States and China, US has been putting pressure on Chinese business and has issued severe restrictions on a number of Chinese tech companies like Huawei Techlogies Co. and Tencent Holdings Ltd.

Read: Estonia's Information System Authority Bans Employees From Downloading TikTok

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Estonia's Information System Authority Bans TikTok

Meanwhile, Estonian Information System Authority (RIA) has banned its employees from downloading and installing TikTok on ir business phones. According to news ncy reports, this move was made due to security considerations following suspicions of TikTok spying on its users and using ir data.

As per reports, RIA executive director for cybersecurity Tonu Tammerhas stated that available data clearly shows why United States considers TikTok a security risk. It was discovered by ncy that TikTok collected information from its user’s devices and was even able to track user’s GPS location.

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TikTok is designed to make and share small video clips. Chinese app is predominantly popular among younger generation and is used by people across 160 countries with thousands of videos being shared in 75 different langus every day. app is designed in a way that based on user's previously liked videos, TikTok can predict and suggest similar videos user would like to see.

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03:27 IST, August 23rd 2020