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    Trump Says He'll Ban TikTok From U.S. As Soon As Saturday

    Trump's announcement comes as Microsoft is in talks to acquire the app, which is owned ByteDance, a Chinese company.
    by Bobby Allyn Jul 31, 2020 3 minutes
    TikTok has been under fire in Washington, as the Trump administration and some Democrats in Congress have been raising national security concerns about the Chinese-owned app.

    Updated at 1:00 a.m. ET Saturday

    President Trump has announced he plans to ban TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing app, from operating in the U.S. as early as Saturday.

    Trump's announcement comes after reports Friday that software giant Microsoft was in talks to acquire the app's U.S. operations. The president made it clear that he did not approve of the proposed acquisition.

    "As far as TikTok is concerned, we're banning them from the United from Florida. He added that he could sign an executive order in order to enact the ban.

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