US security
officials have expressed concern that the app, owned by Chinese firm ByteDance,
could be used to collect the personal data of Americans.
President
Donald Trump has announced he is banning the Chinese-owned video-sharing app
TikTok in the US.
He told
reporters he could sign an executive order as early as Saturday.
TikTok has
denied accusations that it is controlled by or shares data with the Chinese
government.
The
fast-growing app has up to 80 million active monthly users in America and the
ban would be a major blow for ByteDance.
"As far
as TikTok is concerned, we're banning them from the United States," Mr
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
It was not
immediately clear what authority Mr Trump has to ban TikTok, how that ban would
be enforced and what legal challenges it would face.
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