In an interview with Fox News, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggested that TikTok and other Chinese social media apps could be banned. Pompeo stated that while he did not want to “get out in front of” President Trump, he confirmed banning TikTok is something that the US government is considering. “With respect to Chinese apps on people’s cell phones, I can assure you the United States will get this one right too,” he said. There is some concern that TikTok poses a national security risk, with some thinking that the app can be used to collect data on American citizens for the Chinese government.
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TikTok has issued a statement in response:
As TikTok has grown in popularity, many content creators have started using it as yet another way to grow their platform. The app is full of popular Twitch clips and other gaming content. For example, an especially powerful Call of Duty: Warzone FAL loadout was revealed in a hugely popular TikTok video recently, and the app has also been used to share a variety of other gaming news and guides.
TikTok has also created a number of trends based on video games. One of the most notable was when millions of people on the platform changed their profile pictures to LEGO Star Wars characters, and a more recent one featured music from the classic PS1 game PaRappa the Rapper.
ByteDance, the studio behind TikTok, has also indicated that it will be making video games, so it seems as though the app’s connection to gaming will only grow stronger. That is, of course, assuming that the United States doesn’t ban TikTok from the country.
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Source: CNN
