
President Donald Trump on Friday gave Tiktok-a popular Chinese Social Media video sharing networking service a 90-day deadline to dispose its American stake.According to the Financial Times,Donald Trump ordered ByDance to divest Tiktok’s operations in the US within 90-days in a move aimed at protecting security that will put further pressure on the chinese technology giant to dispose its stake to an American Company
President Trump also increased pressure on the Chinese tech industry to put a waiver that allowed certain US Companies to continue selling goods to Huawei,the Chinese telephone equipment maker without a licence
In his Tiktok order issued on Friday evening-Mr Trump stated that there was credible evidence that ByteDance might take action to hurt US Security.
Microsoft and Twitter have been some of the US Companies which are reportedly interested in the influential Chinese Social Media Video Sharing App.
In Zimbabwe ,Tiktok is a popular Social Media App with celebrities such as Jah Prayzer commanding a huge following
Source-Financial Times