White House Advisor Peter Navarro Talks TikTok

“These are not innocent social apps … they are used basically to steal personal and financial data from individuals.”

White House Adviser Peter Navarro said at the White House Driveway of the popular short video app TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance Ltd

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[CatPawLover]

The double standards. Google, Facebook, instagram, youtube..all sell personal info. Should we ban all that too?

[tianlian]

Here is logic, If US government ban TikTok, people you can no longer attack Chinese government for banning google, ins, etc. US have been trying so hard to tied itself to freedom. The banning act was like seeing “ aha, that’s just a joke, only money matters”Second, you could say that you personally hate TikTok, or you don’t like the song, or you are sad seeing young people doing nothing. That doesn’t provide you any justified reasons to ban it.

[kevint]

Navarro on WeChat was deadly wrong! I have been using WeChat app on my iPhone for many years and I don’t have any problems at all. If Trump administration bans WeChat, as an independent voter I’ll switch my vote to candidate other than Trump on November.

[jadedjene]

He is just saying what Trump threatened them all to say. Mainly because, perhaps he agrees and Trump may have something he doesn’t want to get out.

What does he have on you?

[brnabs]

The ignorance and self serving #45 strikes
again...

[torresp]

Translation: we can't control it so it has to go.

[flibbinflah]

Navarro talking about technology is like my dog trying to explain the concept of quantum physics. I'm sorry, my dog would explain it better "good boy moose" :-)

[Bgdee]

So what is different compared to Google?

[WeLOVEeny_]

I’m tired of people saying “oh did you get that song from TikTok “. And literally the song is like years old

[RehanRC]

The government should ask famous TikTokers to post Winnie the Pooh and pro-Democracy Hong Kong protest posts. They would do it just for the story and China's reaction would be a very good gauge to how much influence the Chinese government actually has on the app; The Chinese government might ban it themselves.

[realwish-hngf]

ccp prohibits US social software from entering China, and the US government should also ban Chinese software based on the principle of reciprocity, just as India does

[maryrivera]

The ONLY reason Trump administration trying to get rid of TIK TOK because what they did to him on his stupid rally..lol😂

[tharealrebels]

So were really going to ban tiktok? Isn’t that a dangerous precedent?!!

[alext]

The President? What President? Oh, you mean that orange baboon in the White House? Keep dreaming.

[tabithacorchado]

OMG ITS JUST A APP WHAT ABOUT INSTA FACEBOOK SNAPCHAT TWWITER LIKE

[markrix]

i like his grill on his forehead... he needs a hood ornament to go up there too

[rogerflores]

MR NAVAJARO GO TO BILL GATE AND TALK TOhe LIKE YOU TALK TO TITOK CHINESS,

[iamthegoat]

roes are red vilots are bule kids likr tik tok and i do to