President Trump told reporters on Friday that he will act soon to ban TikTok in the United States
and people are blaming Sarah Cooper, who may have hurt his feelings Joshua Keating / Slate : TikTok Could Have Been China's Nintendo Kaya Yurieff / CNN : ‘Everyone is going cray cray’: TikTok users freak out over possible US ban Mike Masnick / Techdirt : The TikTok Clusterfuck: Trump To Order A Block, Microsoft Wants To Buy, And Competition Is Still There Reuters : Trump says will ban TikTok amid pressure on Chinese owner to sell Abner Li / 9to5Google : Trump plans to ban TikTok in the US, decision as soon as Saturday; opposed to Microsoft spinoff Georgina Torbet / Digital Trends : Microsoft nears deal to take over TikTok as Trump ban looms Washington Post : Trump says he plans to bar TikTok from operating in the U.S. Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider : President Trump threatens to ban TikTok in the United States Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch : TikTok says it's “not planning on going anywhere” in response to pending U.S. ban Los Angeles Times : Promising a TikTok ban, Trump escalates tech war with China Todd Spangler / Variety : Donald Trump Says He's Going to Ban TikTok. But Can He Actually Do That? Leo Kelion / BBC : TikTok: How would the US go about banning the Chinese app? David Nield / TechRadar : TikTok could be facing up to an imminent ban in the US BuzzFeed News : Trump Said He Plans To Ban TikTok From The US Aditya Tiwari / Fossbytes : TikTok Could Become A Microsoft-Owned Company Or Get Banned In US CNET : Trump targets TikTok: Everything you need to know Maggie Tillman / Pocket-lint : Trump says he will ban TikTok in US, in response to Microsoft acquisition talks Tali Arbel / Associated Press : Trump says he'll act to ban TikTok in US as soon as Saturday Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios : Trump says he wants to ban TikTok app Fortune : Trump says he will ban TikTok ‘immediately’ Business Insider : Trump told reporters on Air Force One he is banning TikTok from the US Benedict Brook / news.com.au : TikTok: President Trump announces US ban of popular video app Kathryn Watson / CBS News : Trump says he plans to ban TikTok from U.S. Alyse Stanley / Gizmodo : Trump Tells Reporters He Plans to Ban TikTok as Soon as Saturday Bloomberg : Trump Says He Will Ban China-Owned TikTok From Operating in U.S. Richard Lawler / Engadget : Donald Trump claims he will ban TikTok in the US (updated) Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : Microsoft Could Be TikTok's New Owner Wired : Trump May Soon Order TikTok's Sale, as Microsoft Circles Bob Cronin / Newser : Trump Looks to Force Sale, and Microsoft May Be Buying Eric Hamilton / TechSpot : Microsoft reportedly in talks to buy TikTok PYMNTS.com : Trump Vows To Ban TikTok From America Even As Microsoft Weighs Buying Firm's U.S. Arm Virginia Glaze / dexerto.com : Microsoft reportedly vying to buy TikTok amid security concerns James Hale / Tubefilter : Trump Admin Will Order ByteDance To Sell TikTok; Microsoft In Talks To Acquire (Report) Jefferson Mangubat / Neowin : Microsoft could acquire TikTok's U.S. operations Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog : Microsoft in Talks to Buy TikTok as President Trump Considers U.S. Ban [u] Tweets: Kaitlan Collins / @kaitlancollins : President Trump announces to reporters on Air Force One that he's banning TikTok. Jo Ling Kent / @jolingkent : In a statement, TikTok spox Hilary McQuaide responded to Pres @realDonaldTrump.. saying US user data is stored in the US “with strict controls on employee access” and “100 million Americans come to TikTok for entertainment and connection, especially during the pandemic.” Maggie Haberman / @maggienyt : POTUS made clear he is against proposed spinoff of Tik Tok with a resale to Microsoft or another company. Andy Ostroy / @andyostroy : You think #TikTok kids punked @realDonaldTrump on his #TulsaRally? Just wait till Election Day... #Trump #Election2020 https://www.nbcnews.com/... @nbcnightlynews : President Trump's threatened TikTok ban could motivate young users to vote, some say. “It kind of feels like our freedom of speech is being taken away,” says 18-year-old Anekha Singh. “Our ability to express ourselves is something he doesn't want.” https://www.nbcnews.com/... William Turton / @williamturton : deeply confused that people are taking Trump at his word when he says he is going to “ban” TikTok....clearly that is not what's happening here, and it wouldn't be the first time Trump doesn't understand what the federal government is actually doing Southpaw / @nycsouthpaw : Wait - Don't we need to take account of the exceptions to the president's authority under IEEPA that are manifestly designed to prohibit him from interfering with personal communication, information exchange, or artistic expression? https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... Josh Constine -SignalFire / @joshconstine : 100 million users are up for grabs if TikTok is banned. Who'll win? -Dubsmash: Where dance trends start (#72) -Byte: Vine reboot for millennial comedy (#2) -Triller: Hollywood asks “How do you do, fellow kids?” (#1) I rank them here: https://constine.substack.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Kalhan / @kalhanr : TikTokers told me they're worried Trump's ban will eliminate communities they rely on, especially during quarantine. It also could motivate them to vote. “This will definitely be a game-changer in young voters,” one teen said. My latest for @NBCNews: https://www.nbcnews.com/... @verge : Update: TikTok US General Manager Vanessa Pappas says in a video this morning: “we're here for the long run” https://www.theverge.com/... Nick Mensio / @nickmensio : That's it. Final straw. #Biden2020 https://twitter.com/... Alex Heath / @alexeheath : 325 million views and counting on #tiktokban videos https://vm.tiktok.com/... @hkesvani : The White House is going to war with the Hype House https://twitter.com/... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : TikTok teens are making memes saying they'll show up at the White House to confront Trump over app ban https://www.insider.com/... @davidhogg111 : Banning AR-15s > banning Tiktok Peter Kafka / @pkafka : I think that this is a case where the President is not correct. https://twitter.com/... Lesley Carhart / @hacks4pancakes : Oh good. #VPN is trending. We've managed to actually make the security and privacy situation worse than millions of people just having TikTok installed. Charlie Warzel / @cwarzel : 10 million times this https://twitter.com/... Alex Sherman / @sherman4949 : TikTok shares video saying “we're not planning on going anywhere” and “we're here for the long run” while touting US job creation and safety/security and urging creators to keep sharing their voice with TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/... @kerrymflynn : 👀 “We're not planning on going anywhere.” - TikTok GM @v_ness in a message to the community https://vm.tiktok.com/... Natasha Bertrand / @natashabertrand : “Trump's threat to ban TikTok came a few weeks after reports that many TikTok users had tried to sabotage a Trump campaign rally by requesting tickets they never planned to use and coordinated a push to flood Trump's campaign app with negative reviews”....https://www.bloomberg.com/ ... Ben Thompson / @benthompson : As I also note in that article, I do in fact favor a spin-off to a non-Chinese company, and only see a ban as a last resort. I would like to see TikTok develop into a Facebook rival in particular. But the current ownership structure is an insane risk for the US to take. Ben Thompson / @benthompson : “Trump is banning TikTok because of Tulsa” is a classic example of the right thing being done for the right reasons but perhaps the wrong motivations. Folks really need to get past the third point and realize that the second matters: ByteDance answers to the CCP. @nailogical : So in Canada u now get free healthcare AND free TikTok https://twitter.com/... Matthew Yglesias / @mattyglesias : I've seen a lot of overconfident pronouncements that Trump can't ban TikTok. Presidents have tons of discretionary authority around foreign trade, foreign investment, international financial transactions, etc. Tae Kim / @firstadopter : 100 million Americans using TikTok is a new number from the company. As recently as July 10, TikTok said just “tens of millions of Americans” used their service. Several analyst estimates were around 45 million https://twitter.com/... Dan Primack / @danprimack : Facebook entered the week worried that D.C. is moving toward trying to break it up, claiming it stifles competition and innovation. It ends the week with D.C. offering to eliminate its greatest upstart competition in the U.S., with FB giving nothing in return. Jimmy / @jimmysecuk : I guess the Chinese government could reciprocate by threatening to ban Twitter, YouTube, or Facebook from the Chinese domestic market. 🙃 https://twitter.com/... Michael Freeman / @michaelpfreeman : Tougher on Sarah Cooper than on Russia putting a bounty on U.S. soldiers. https://twitter.com/... Aaron Levie / @levie : Someone's about to make a gajillion dollars cloning TikTok in the US. https://twitter.com/... Christopher Mims / @mims : Good news for Facebook's TikTok clone within Instagram, Reels https://twitter.com/... Vikram Sathaye / @vikramsathaye : If Microsoft buys it and gets jobs for locals then decision will be reversed for sure , in India also. https://twitter.com/... Jake Holland / @jakeholla : still big mad about Tulsa, huh? https://twitter.com/... Alice Ophelia / @iamaliceophelia : the 👑 of bass @bludetiger (y'all remember her Savage cover?!) trying to figure it out: https://twitter.com/... Curt Mega / @curtmega : Thank God the U.S. is really stepping up and taking swift action against the biggest threats that face our country. I am, of course, referring to TikTok. https://www.google.com/... Nikita Bier / @nikitabier : This Tiktok ban is somewhat inspiring. For the first time, we are insisting on symmetrical internet policy with China. For all these years, I never understood how we simply accepted a reality where China could ban our apps without reciprocity. Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia : As @TaylorLorenz rightly pointed out, top tier talent can navigate it (often with the help of talent reps, agencies, marketing, PR, etc). But majority of creators are platform specific. It's difficult learning how to game one platform's algorithm/ecosystem, let alone three/four. Keith Rabois / @rabois : US law currently doesn't allow foreigners (even British) to own commercial airlines. Threat posed by app/data ownership is > greater. @suhaunah : Speaking to reporters on Air Force One Friday night, Trump said a ban of TikTok was imminent—w/ action as early as Saturday—to be imposed by exec order or emergency economic powers. “I have that authority,” he said (tho experts say it's not clear he does) https://www.latimes.com/... Kaya Yurieff / @kyurieff : TikTok creators are going live + posting videos about the ban and asking their fans to follow them on Instagram and other social platforms. Much like when the Trump admin initially said it was looking into a TikTok ban: https://www.cnn.com/... Jason Wong / @eggroli : The potential ban on Tiktok is a harsh reminder that we're all living on rented land Creators not only need to diversify their social channels, but take ownership over their career by starting a business so they're not depending their income on something that could be gone tmr Julia Alexander / @loudmouthjulia : it's going to be super ~something~ watching people who don't use tiktok talk about nothing but tiktok for the next little while, huh @rmac18 : New update: TikTok declined to comment on if it'd take legal action against the Trump admin if there's an executive order that's used to ban the app. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Daniel Sinclair / @_danielsinclair : I would expect Apple to be in the line of fire if China retaliates https://twitter.com/... Ahmed Baba / @ahmedbaba_ : I'm sure the reasoning for Trump wanting to ban TikTok was 100% due to his very deep concerns about Chinese surveillance of US citizens and has nothing to do with the fact TikTok users helped sabotage his Tulsa rally and @sarahcpr uses TikTok and goes viral mocking him. Laurie Voss / @seldo : It is really weird that none of the coverage of Trump's desire to ban TikTok mentions that TikTok was credited with ruining his Tulsa rally and that he is still really mad about that. https://www.cnbc.com/... Lauren Weinstein / @laurenweinstein : Trump is pissed off because of the (somewhat dubious) claims that TikTok users wrecked his Tulsa rally. He doesn't give a damn about Chinese “espionage,” etc. He just starts ranting when he doesn't get a cut. Jane Manchun Wong / @wongmjane : This TikTok ban is gonna piss off many teens, especially the underage ones, many of which probably won't vote for Trump this fall Vikas SN / @tsuvik : @zittrain @TaylorLorenz In India, TikTok voluntarily took down the apps from Google Play Store & Apple App Store as well as shutting down the service entirely. Not accessible via VPNs as well. For other apps that were banned, Google & Apple have blocked access to the apps https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.c om/ ... Joanna Stern / @joannastern : @film_girl Already been taught. VPN instructions for how to watch Friends when it went off Netflix were all over TikTok! @profjeffjarviss : Biden *must* come out with a strong new TikTok dance — tonight. Pete / @p_money : A lot of record label marketing budgets are toast next week https://twitter.com/... Nilay Patel / @reckless : Y'all it's uh harder than it sounds. Trump just says shit https://www.theverge.com/... Daniel Sinclair / @_danielsinclair : What would a U.S. ban look like? It depends how it is implemented, but U.S. enterprises would likely quickly break off relationships. There would be no censorship, but TikTok would disappear from Apple's App Store and Google Play. Then AWS would wind down ByteDance as a customer. https://twitter.com/... Ron Nehring / @ronnehring : Sincere questions: - Source of exec authority to ban a social media platform? App? - What special risk posed by #TikTok vs laptop, router, phone all made in China? - Why not ban every app and platform from any company with a presence in China? - Why oppose sale to Microsoft? @pranavdixit : When the Indian government banned TikTok and other Chinese apps, TikTok voluntarily pulled its app from the App Store and Play Store and started showing this notice in the app. Curious what a “ban” in the US is going to look like. https://twitter.com/... Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : This is deep in my long thread, but let me make this dead clear: Banning TikTok and then oddly enough not allowing a decent solution like an IPO here in the US or being bought by a US company is a THANK YOU gift to Mark Zuckerberg from Donald Trump. Or should I say Spasibo? 🇷🇺 https://twitter.com/... Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : so as the US government pursues a probe of Facebook for antitrust the president wants to ban their fastest-growing competitor from operating in their most profitable market Daniel Rubino / @daniel_rubino : lol k Still takes a week+ to get COVID test results, 230K+ estimated dead by Nov, the economy is crashing, people are being evicted, but hey, we're saved from silly videos! https://twitter.com/... Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : News is spreading abt the ban through all the TikToker group chats rn. Everyone is going live encouraging fans to follow them elsewhere on social media https://twitter.com/... Franklin Leonard / @franklinleonard : How much can I pay a reporter to ask as a follow up to this whether he intends to ban OnlyFans? https://twitter.com/... @tessplease : trump's desire to ban tiktok has nothing to do with its privacy violations. it has to do with gen z's ability to make waves on it. he's trying to sweep their platform from beneath them. now's a good time for a new platform to step in, one run by a diverse team of sensitive folks. https://twitter.com/... Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : This is national security issue, so the White House has much more power than its usual goofy and ultimately toothless declarations such as around Section 230. Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz : Just as Microsoft was about to get cool https://twitter.com/... Aaron Levie / @levie : We're all out here playing checkers and Zuck is playing chess. https://twitter.com/... Josh Constine -SignalFire / @joshconstine : Trump says he's banning TikTok rather than let Microsoft buy it. Uncortunately, this keeps China in control of the app's global cultural influence, even in not in the US Matthew Panzarino / @panzer : teens VPN-ing INTO China rather than out of it was, unfortunately actually on my 2020 bingo card @yashar : Keep in mind this is happening days ahead of Instagram/Facebook launching a competitor to TikTok called REELS https://twitter.com/... Scott Nover / @scottnover : It doesn't matter what he says. He cannot legally “terminate” a company. https://twitter.com/... Jennifer Jacobs / @jenniferjjacobs : “As far as TikTok is concerned, we're banning them from the United States,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One. “Soon. Immediately. I mean essentially immediately.” “I will sign the document tomorrow,” he said.. @davidshepardson : Remarkable turn of events. Trump wants to ban 80 million Americans from using TikTok https://twitter.com/... Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : That said, there's a lot of irrational damage Trump can do here since this is hard to litigate & he can throw a lot of crazy law at it related to foreign companies. That said, there're also those involved who would support a US IPO or sale to a US company. A giant mess as usual. Will Oremus / @willoremus : I wrote earlier this month about how to tell if a call to ban TikTok is in good faith: whether it also addresses the real security risks posed by U.S. social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter: https://onezero.medium.com/... https://twitter.com/... Kara Swisher / @karaswisher : Let's be clear, just because he says he can do something does not mean he can. And he also cannot decree by fiat whether a US company can or cannot buy something. There is a process here and last time I looked this dude was not a king and this is not like his reality show. https://twitter.com/... Paresh Dave / @peard33 : President Trump says he will ban TikTok from the U.S. as soon as Saturday, @alexalper reports Thaddeus E. Grugq / @thegrugq : Dude is still fuming about Tulsa and those meddling kids https://twitter.com/... Ben Norton / @benjaminnorton : The new cold war on China is already proving to be profitable for US corporations: The Trump admin has been trying to repress TikTok, because it is owned by a Chinese company (the horror!), so now Microsoft is exploiting it as an opportunity to buy TikTok https://www.nytimes.com/... Alex Stamos / @alexstamos : If US politicians are concerned about PRC surveillance capabilities being enhanced by Chinese-run apps, then WeChat should absolutely be on the top of that list. Likely one of the most important global mass surveillance tools in the MSS/PLA arsenal. Nic Carter / @nic__carter : Writing is on the wall; capital markets relationships between the US and China will be severed. US taking umbrage with Chinese shareholders exerting influence at American firms & at retail investor losses on US-listed Chinese firms w/ dodgy accounting https://twitter.com/... Josh Hawley / @hawleymo : Big news if accurate - and exactly the right outcome. #China-based @BytedanceTalk should not own tech companies in the United States https://www.bloomberg.com/... Rachel Bovard / @rachelbovard : Lol that TikTok spent the last month hiring every single former congressional leadership staffer to stop stuff like this. https://twitter.com/... Makena Kelly / @kellymakena : Here's how TikTok is responding to Trump's reported impending order and news that Microsoft could be a potential buyer: https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Hamza Shaban / @hshaban : Facebook still stands to gain in this scenario If one of the tech giants buys TikTok, Zuckerberg can switch from “Look at TikTok, we have lots of competition!” to saying “Look at Microsoft/Amazon/Apple, they have an amazing new video service, like us!” https://www.bloomberg.com/... Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk : Microsoft buying TikTok? well, that would it shut down in 18 months seriously Microsoft, stop trying to be one of the cool kids. if you can't even keep Cortana running on the Invoke, or keep Mixer going, what are you going to do with a video service? Hamza Shaban / @hshaban : Looking forward to Clippy teaching teens how to edit TikToks https://twitter.com/... Daniel Sinclair / @_danielsinclair : ByteDance was already vetting offers to sell a majority stake to investors. It's unclear if the Treasury changes that possibility, with ByteDance potentially forced to completely divest. https://twitter.com/... Sally Shin / @sallyshin : If rumors are true, nice timing for Microsoft who was not part of the antitrust hearing this week be able to make a multibillion dollar bid for Tiktok. But could a consortium of investors like Sequoia and General Atlantic be a better viable option? Congressman Ken Buck / @repkenbuck : As long as #TikTok is owned by China-based ByteDance, it's a national security threat. I'm thankful we have a President in the White House who is tough on Communist China. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Microsoft buying TikTok's US operations wouldn't make much sense for the company. https://twitter.com/... Zak Kukoff / @zck : This is perfect because I always felt TikTok was missing a helpful paperclip assistant https://twitter.com/... Karissa Bell / @karissabe : Can't wait to join your professional network on TikTok https://twitter.com/... Ranjan / @ranjanxroy : The LinkedIn-ification of TikTok is nigh https://twitter.com/... Freia Lobo / @freialobo : the thought of Microsoft buying Tiktok is the funniest thing I've ever heard can you IMAGINE https://twitter.com/... Alex Konrad / @alexrkonrad : influencers now looking up how to TikTok from a Surface https://twitter.com/... @hipcityreg : I can't wait to link my GroupMe to my TikTok 🥵🥵🥵 https://twitter.com/... Sam Sheffer / @samsheffer : am I reading this correctly- MSFT in talks to buy TikTok from bytedance?? https://twitter.com/... Sheel Mohnot / @pitdesi : This makes a lot of sense to me. If $MSFT scoops TikTok, Nadella will add to his already great legacy pretty substantially imo https://twitter.com/... Oli Franklin-Wallis / @olifranklin : If you want to understand why Zuckerberg cosies up to Trump.... (Facebook is currently preparing to roll out Reels, its own TikTok competitor.) https://twitter.com/... @axios : NEW: The Trump administration plans to sign an order mandating that China-based ByteDance divest its ownership of U.S.-based video sharing app TikTok, Bloomberg reports, citing people familiar with the matter. https://www.axios.com/... @calicali2000 : How “free market” works in USA. 🙄 Killing the competition in order to maintain monopoly. #Bytedance #TikTok https://twitter.com/... @rmac18 : If you want to see how the US gov can do this and force a Chinese company to sell off an American asset, look no further than what happened to Grindr. Still, TikTok is much larger than Grindr. This is bonkers. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ... Kevin Roose / @kevinroose : One downside of TikTok's “look how American we are!” campaign is that it makes it seem like separating TikTok from ByteDance operationally would be a clean, easy process. (It would not!) @nxthompson : America on Wednesday: the tech companies are giant monopolies that distort markets! America on Friday: let's break up the one new competitor, which one of those giants will now likely buy. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Jenny Leonard / @jendeben : NEWS: President Trump will direct China's ByteDance to divest its ownership of the popular U.S.-based music-video app TikTok, per sources. Announcement could come as soon as this afternoon. w/ @JenniferJJacobs @SalehaMohsin https://www.bloomberg.com/... See also Mediagazer