In a few days, Trump will take action against the Chinese app, said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Meanwhile, Microsoft is in talks to buy a ticket from a Chinese company.
After India, this time America. Recently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned 59 Chinese apps due to security concerns. There are also very popular ticks in it. This time, US President Donald Trump is following the path of 'friend' Modi. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also said Trump would take action against Chinese software companies in a few days. That too will be taken for security reasons.
In an interview with Fox News, Pompeo said, "President Trump has said a lot about this. Now it's time to make the final decision. Trump will take action in the next few days. The decision will be taken keeping in mind the national security. There is a strong risk of using software associated with the Chinese Communist Party. "
Apparently, apps like TickTock and WeChat give the Beijing government personal information about American citizens. Pompeo said: "All the information about US citizens' homes, phone numbers, who is on their friends list, who they keep in touch with, can be smuggled. That's why Trump said, "We're going to take action on these issues."
Pompeo claims, "The right to privacy has long been important to the American people. The American attitude for so long has been, well, if people enjoy using them and no company can make money from it. But now the country's security and people's right to privacy are at stake. "
In another interview, the US Secretary of the Treasury said the Committee on Foreign Investment was looking into the matter. They will also look at the issue of national security as a whole in terms of foreign investment. He told ABC News that the whole committee agreed that TickTock could not remain in its current format. Because, 100 million Americans will be at risk. They will be at risk of data smuggling. So either you have to block this app, or you have to buy someone else.