The seven-member band is hitting all the right notes on TikTok too, as they are the most-followed Korean stars (with 20 million followers) on the viral short-video sharing platform.  The girl group, “BLACKPINK” comes a close second with a followership of 17.7 million on the app.

Critics sided with viral short-video app’s perspective that the ban mirrored Trump’s political agenda to further his alleged “broader campaign of anti-China rhetoric” ahead of the November presidential elections. 

Despite there being mammoth ambiguity pertaining to TikTok’s shutdown in the U.S, a credible source revealed that the firm is ensuring that all their employees working out of the U.S office will continue to receive their pays.

If it wants to stay in business in the U.S., it has to sell the American version of its hit app, TikTok, withing 90 days as ordered by the Trump administration

Having more than 100 million active users in the U.S., this is not the first time that TikTok has been doubted for disseminating user information back to China.

On Friday, the United States has imposed sanctions on a number of Chinese and Hong Kong officials including Chief Executive Carrie Lam amidst rising tensions between the two countries.

The U.S. government is banning WeChat and TikTok in the U.S. as part of its increased effort to purge “untrusted” Chinese apps from the country’s digital networks.

U.S. politicians raised concerns about how the privacy of American users (which is approximately 165 million) could be in jeopardy as the deal could compel TikTok’s parent company Bytedance Ltd to disclose confidential user information or worse, use the app to “influence over 2 billion users globally”.

Microsoft is in talks with Chinese company ByteDance to acquire the social app TikTok in the U.S.

The U.S. is currently exploring the decision to ban TikTok and other popular Chinese social media apps hinted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday, July 6.

The move is perceived to a serious blow to China as TikTok enjoys a sizeable Indian userbase, having surpassed 2 billion downloads in April alone. TikTok has declined to respond to the controversy.

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