Donald Trump announced Friday that he was going to ban social media app TikTok from being used within the country.Such a move — which the president said could come through the usage of executive powers — would place the U.S.
among several countries that have succeeded in ousting the app over cybersecurity or privacy concerns.According to Queen’s University professor David Skillicorn, TikTok’s data collection practices are used by most, if not all, major social media companies.
The risk, according to Skillicorn, however, is that such data could potentially be handed over to China, given that TikTok is owned by Chinese company Bytedance. ‘Not planning on going anywhere’: TikTok fires back after Trump plans to ban app “So when push comes to.