Donald Trump calls TikTok big threat, says ban on it will benefit Facebook

US presidential candidate Donald Trump has said that the short video app TikTok poses a threat to national security. However, he also said that banning it would hurt some children and would benefit Meta’s social media platform Facebook. A law is to be voted on in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday. China’s ByteDance, which controls TikTok, will get a deadline of about six months to sell its stake in this app.

TikTok is used by about 17 crore people in the US. This voting is being done under the rules which require two-thirds of the members to vote in agreement to pass any matter. A conference behind closed doors can be held to brief the members of the House of Representatives by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Justice Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence of America. FBI Director, Chris Wray reiterated the apprehensions about TikTok in a hearing held on Monday.

Regarding this, it has been told in the annual threat assessment of the Intelligence Community in the US, “TikTok accounts of a Chinese propaganda firm targeted candidates of both political parties in the midterm elections held in the US two years ago.” Apart from this, the Justice Department said in a document last week. TikTok Had informed about the security concerns regarding.

Trump said, “I do not want to double the size of Facebook. If TikTok is banned, it will benefit Facebook and others a lot. I believe Facebook has been very dishonest.” Recently, Trump had a meeting with Jeff Yass of Susquehanna International Group, which has a stake in ByteDance. However, Trump said that they did not talk about TikTok. Earlier, Trump had Facebook And he condemned Instagram for removing his posts during the riots in America three years ago. However, Trump’s social media accounts were restored last year.