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Mark Zuckerberg would have told Facebook workers that he is “really concerned” about the implications of a imaginable TikTok ban in the United States.
BuzzFeed reports that Zuckerberg addressed TikTok’s “extraordinary circumstance” in a recent meeting with Facebook employees. Donald Trump recently threatened to ban the viral app to share videos in the United States because of its ties to China, and insists it will unless a U.S.-generation company acquires TikTok’s U.S. operations.
“I think it’s a very bad long-term precedent, and it wants to be treated with the utmost care and seriousness, whatever the solution,” Zuckerberg said, he quoted. “I’m worried about Array … it is quite possible that it will have long-term consequences in other countries around the world.”
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is struggling to locate a client for operations until September 15. If they don’t meet that deadline, Trump says he’ll introduce a national ban on the viral video-sharing app.
Employees reportedly asked Zuckerberg if Facebook was interested in acquiring TikTok, but the CEO declined to comment on the company’s business relationship. Reports recently estimated TikTok as a total of between $30 billion and $50 billion, and Microsoft’s percentage between $10 billion and $30 billion.
Microsoft is a pioneer in discussions and has publicly shown an interest in buying TikTok’s operations in the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
Since TikTok came to the U.S. In 2018, it has been a dominant force, surpassing U.S.-based applications. They have attracted a younger audience, such as Instagram, owned by Facebook. A Facebook representative said in July 2019 that TikTok was one of its main competitors. Since then, Facebook has been running its own competitive role to take on TikTok. The short format video creation format, called Instagram Reels, was introduced in the United States this week when TikTok faces an imaginable ban.
The Trump administration has been threatening to ban TikTok since early July due to perceived national security hazards due to its ties to China through Beijing-based ByteDance. Questions have been circulated about the Chinese government’s access and influence on user knowledge and moderation of the app’s content, although TikTok has stated that it will not focus on this data if requested.