Donald Trump was recently asked if his friends being touted among the consortium of businessmen expected to buy TikTok would affect his sway on the app. Trump responded that if he had it his way he’d make the app “100% MAGA.”
The TikTok ban was a bipartisan decision that came about due to the app being suspected as a data-harvesting tool and a growing influence arm of the Chinese government. However, by the time the ban came into effect, Americans had already found more personal uses for the platform and there was a very vocal campaign for the president to stop it. After successive extensions to the ban deadline, it seems U.S. buyers were finally found to oversee exactly what the Chinese government can access from U.S. citizens.
