TikTok

[DaBigTrain]

Trump to order China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok U.S. operations, an announcement is imminent, sources tell me, @jendeben and @JenniferJJacobs

— Saleha Mohsin (@SalehaMohsin) July 31, 2020

[sonofdaxjones]

At one point recently 40% of TikTok IP's were in China.  ProtonMail says tons of traffic on TikTok rolling through China.

[MakeItRain]

Trump to order China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok U.S. operations, an announcement is imminent, sources tell me, @jendeben and @JenniferJJacobs

— Saleha Mohsin (@SalehaMohsin) July 31, 2020

Is this legal? Sounds monarchical, definitely not capitalistic.

[IPA4Me]

Trump to order China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok U.S. operations, an announcement is imminent, sources tell me, @jendeben and @JenniferJJacobs

— Saleha Mohsin (@SalehaMohsin) July 31, 2020

Is this legal? Sounds monarchical, definitely not capitalistic.

Yes, the executive branch has that power.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/06/trump-orders-chinese-company-divest-ownership-us-firm-citing-national-security-concerns/



https://www.cdse.edu/documents/student-guides/shorts/IS170-guide.pdf

[star seed 7]

I don't know all the legal ins and outs and what-have-yous but I think this is the right move.

[MakeItRain]

Trump to order China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok U.S. operations, an announcement is imminent, sources tell me, @jendeben and @JenniferJJacobs

— Saleha Mohsin (@SalehaMohsin) July 31, 2020

Is this legal? Sounds monarchical, definitely not capitalistic.

Yes, the executive branch has that power.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/06/trump-orders-chinese-company-divest-ownership-us-firm-citing-national-security-concerns/



https://www.cdse.edu/documents/student-guides/shorts/IS170-guide.pdf

He's done it before but are we aware of other cases of this happening before 2017?

I don't know all the legal ins and outs and what-have-yous but I think this is the right move.

I don't eff with tiktok specifically because of the overt Chinese spying thing, I just didn't know the legality of a president forcing a private company out of business. If there are serious espionage threats I get it. Is this the first time two times another country has attempted to use a business within our country as a vehicle for espionage?