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Why Does Trump Hate TikTok So Much?

TikTok has become one of the world's most popular social media apps, with an estimated 800 million m...
Sarah Stacey
Sarah Stacey

5:25 PM - 4 Aug 2020



The Last Word With Matt Cooper

Why Does Trump Hate TikTok So Much?

Sarah Stacey
Sarah Stacey

5:25 PM - 4 Aug 2020

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TikTok has become one of the world's most popular social media apps, with an estimated 800 million monthly active users, around 10% of which are in the United States.

However, President Donald Trump recently stated that he wanted to ban the app, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance.

There are fears among US government officials that the Chinese government might force TikTok to share data it collects about Americans.

Andy O'Donoghue joined us for Tech Tuesday to discuss whether TikTok could actually be banned in the US, and how to request a record of your data from Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.

Why Does Trump Hate TikTok So Much?

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