Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Warned Trump, Lawmakers About Rise of TikTok

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Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Warned Trump, Lawmakers About Rise of TikTok
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Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly warned lawmakers and other officials about the rise of popular video app TikTok during trips to Washington, DC, last year. At a private dinner at the White House in October, the tech executive apparently tried to convince President Donald Trump that the threat Chinese internet companies pose to American business should be a bigger concern than reining in Facebook, according to a report Sunday from The Wall Street Journal.

Trump earlier this month issued an executive order that would effectively ban ByteDance-owned TikTok, calling the wide use of such China-based apps a “national emergency.” TikTok has drawn the attention of the Trump administration, as well as other parts of the US government, because of concerns that it scoops up information on Americans that could be turned over to the Chinese government.
Rising concerns about TikTok come as the app’s popularity has exploded. TikTok previously blasted the threat of a ban, saying it had tried to engage with the US government in good faith for nearly a year. The company is preparing a lawsuit to challenge the original executive order.

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SOURCE: Cnet, Carrie Mihalcik
 
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