The company denied offering knowledge of the application to the Chinese government. “While we comment on rumors or speculation, we are confident of TikTok’s long-term good fortune,” TikTok said after Trump’s statement.
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TikTok has become wildly popular with millions of Americans in the last few years, especially teenagers, who use it to make short videos. Some of the platform’s biggest stars, who have amassed millions of followers on the platform, mourned it coming to an end late Friday into Saturday morning.
Baby Ariel, whose real call is Ariel Martin, is known as one of TikTok’s top users followed, having accumulated 34.5 million subscribers on the platform.
“I hate Donald Trump,” tweeted the 19-year-old singer, who is a singer.
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YouTube star Larri Merritt who gained over 10 million on his larrayeeee TikTok account reacted to the news by asking his followers to support fellow users.
“on a serious note if tiktok is really eliminated. Please, your favorite little creators of tiktok. Follow us on YouTube, Instagram, etc. some of those kids are literally talented and deserve everything.”
Addison Rae, who along with her mother, Sheri Easterling, has a viral sensation in the app, alluded to her discontent with the upcoming ban on Friday afternoon, tweeting “UGH”.
Rae continued to post his sadness without particular identifying reason. “Be sad,” he wrote before sending two more tweets, writing, “Remember to be happy” and “it’s k 2 cry.”
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During the night, Rae tweeted “please send flowers” and “bitter.”
Michael Le has over 34 million subscribers on the platform. He used his Instagram story to react.
“goodbye tiktok Onto my next chapter,” he wrote along with a sad face emoji.
Spencer X, also known as Spencer Knight, wrote in his Instagram story: “If he’s here, I love you.”
TikTok’s US EXECUTIVE Director Vanessa Pappas shared a video message on the app’s official Twitter account early Saturday.
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“I need to thank the millions of Americans who have used TikTok every day to bring their creativity and joy to our daily lives. We have heard your outpouring and need to thank you. We don’t plan on going anywhere. TikTok is a position where creators and artists can make themselves explicit, express their concepts and join others from other backgrounds and we are very proud of all the communities that call TikTok their home,” Pappas said.
He added: “I’m also proud of our 1,500 American painters who paint on this app every day.”
Despite the upcoming ban, Pappas said the platform planned to rent another 10,000 people in the United States to positions in the next 3 years.
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“I’m extremely happy with our U.S. art fund. Where we just announced our $1 billion fund to our creators. When it comes to protection and security, we create the most secure application because we know it’s the right thing to do.”
A ban would put more pressure on TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell U.S. compliance operations amid national security considerations for user data. Microsoft is one of the leading purchase requesters.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said earlier this month that the government envisaged banning TikTok for security reasons.
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Last week, the U.S. Senate Committee On National Security and Government Affairs approved an invoice to prohibit the application of government-issued devices to Reuters.
The Navy and army have already banned TikTok from government-issued phones and the Pentagon has asked workers to remove it from their phones, the Washington Post reported.
Brie Stimson of Fox News contributed to the report.