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move by the US Congress to ban the popular Chinese app, would benefit Facebook \u2013 which he described as "an enemy of the people".\r\n\r\nTrump, who tried to block Chinese control of TikTok when he held office in 2020, said "there\u2019s a lot of good and there\u2019s a lot of bad\u201d with the short-video app, but banning it could help Facebook, and its parent company Meta, double its business.\r\n\r\n"Without TikTok, you can make Facebook bigger, and I consider Facebook to be an enemy of the people," he told <strong><a href="https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/03\/11\/trump-says-a-tiktok-ban-would-empower-meta-slams-facebook-as-enemy-of-the-people.html">CNBC<\/a><\/strong>.\r\n\r\n \r\n<h3>ALSO SEE:\u00a0<a href="https:\/\/www.asiafinancial.com\/china-misses-2023-emissions-targets-climate-credibility-at-risk">China Misses 2023 Emissions Targets, \u2018Climate Credibility at Risk\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\r\n \r\n\r\n\u201cThere are a lot of people on TikTok that love it. There are a lot of young kids on TikTok who will go crazy without it,\u201d Trump said.\r\n\r\n"I think Facebook has been very bad for our country, especially when it comes to elections," he added.\r\n\r\nFacebook parent Meta Platforms revoked Trump\u2019s access to Facebook and Instagram after removing two of his posts during the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. His accounts were reinstated in February 2023.\r\n\r\nThe Trump administration tried to have TikTok removed from app stores in the US due to security concerns but was stymied by legal battles. He later ordered ByteDance to divest TikTok within 90 days, but that effort also failed.\r\n\r\nShares in Meta fell sharply by more than 4.4% after Trump's latest remarks, on a day when stocks were largely flat.\r\n\r\nThe new position adopted by Trump, who is leading the race to be the Republican nominee in the US election in November, contrasts with President Joe Biden.\r\n\r\nBiden said on Friday that if US lawmakers pass a bill that forces TikTok parent ByteDance to sell the short-video app's US operations, <strong><a href="https:\/\/www.asiafinancial.com\/if-they-pass-it-ill-sign-it-biden-backs-bill-to-ban-tiktok">he would sign it<\/a><\/strong>.\r\n\r\nUS intelligence agencies and lawmakers regard TikTok as a <strong><a href="https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/3354874\/leaders-say-tiktok-is-potential-cybersecurity-risk-to-us\/">cybersecurity risk<\/a><\/strong> (with data on 170 million Americans) and a platform used by Beijing as a propaganda arm to undermine US society, democracy \u2013 as well as a threat to <strong><a href="https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/11\/tiktok-china-us-elections-influence">free and fair elections<\/a><\/strong>.\r\n\r\n \r\n<h2>'Separating app from the CCP'<\/h2>\r\nThe Office of the Director of National Intelligence warned in its <a class="gtmContentClick" href="https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/ODNI\/documents\/assessments\/ATA-2024-Unclassified-Report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-link-text="annual threat assessment" data-vars-click-url="https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/ODNI\/documents\/assessments\/ATA-2024-Unclassified-Report.pdf" data-vars-content-id="aa01e877-041f-4e53-945d-697f697463ae" data-vars-headline="Top intel agency says China used TikTok to influence U.S. elections" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link"><strong>annual threat assessment<\/strong><\/a> on Monday:\u00a0"TikTok accounts run by a [Chinese] propaganda arm reportedly targeted candidates from both political parties during the US midterm election cycle in 2022.\r\n\r\nIt said China's government may "attempt to influence the US elections in 2024 at some level because of its desire to sideline critics of China and magnify US societal divisions."\r\n\r\nUS Congressmen from both parties (Republican) Mike Gallagher and (Democrat) Raja Krishnamoorthi \u2014 who introduced the latest bill last week \u2014 say the move is not a ban, but rather, a push to separate the app used by half the people in the US from the Chinese Communist Party.\r\n\r\n\u201cThink of this as a surgery designed to remove the tumour and thereby save the patient in the process,\u201d Gallagher said.\r\n\r\nThe <strong><a href="https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">US Justice Department<\/a><\/strong> also voiced support for the bill saying forcing ByteDance to divest TikTok would put the Biden Administration in a stronger legal position than if the app was simply banned.\r\n\r\nThe American Civil Liberties Union said last week that a ban on TikTok would be unconstitutional and a violation of First Amendment rights.\r\n\r\nBut the US Justice Department has a different view. It gave a classified briefing to members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday before the panel voted 50-0 in favour of the divestment bill.\r\n\r\nThe briefing included the one-page unclassified document seen by Reuters, which said TikTok poses \u201ckey national security concerns\u201d because it \u201ccollects tremendous amounts of sensitive data.\u201d TikTok\u2019s Chinese ownership puts its \u201cAmerican users at risk,\u201d the DoJ added.\r\n\r\nThe document, titled \u201cThreat Posed by TikTok,\u201d said any bill needs to separate the company from Beijing and its Chinese-based parent and that a divestment has key advantages over a ban.\r\n\r\n \r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Jim Pollard with Reuters<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \r\n<h3>ALSO SEE:<\/h3>\r\n \r\n<h3 class="reports-big-head"><a href="https:\/\/www.asiafinancial.com\/if-they-pass-it-ill-sign-it-biden-backs-bill-to-ban-tiktok">\u2018If They Pass It, I\u2019ll Sign It\u2019: Biden Backs Bill to Ban TikTok<\/a><\/h3>\r\n \r\n<h3><a href="https:\/\/www.asiafinancial.com\/tiktok-us-lawmakers-in-war-of-words-as-bill-to-ban-app-gets-fuel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok, US Lawmakers in War of Words as Bill to Ban App Gets Fuel<\/a><\/h3>\r\n \r\n<h3 class="reports-big-head"><a href="https:\/\/www.asiafinancial.com\/suspicion-and-mistrust-continuing-to-shadow-tiktok">Suspicion And Mistrust Continuing to Shadow TikTok<\/a><\/h3>\r\n \r\n<h3 class="reports-big-head"><a href="https:\/\/www.asiafinancial.com\/tiktok-hit-with-370m-eu-fine-over-childrens-data-breaches">TikTok Hit With $370m EU Fine Over Children\u2019s Data Breaches<\/a><\/h3>\r\n \r\n<h3 class="reports-big-head"><a href="https:\/\/www.asiafinancial.com\/tiktok-to-spend-big-in-southeast-asia-focus-on-e-commerce">TikTok to Spend Billions in Southeast Asia, Focus on E-Commerce<\/a><\/h3>\r\n \r\n<h3><strong><a href="https:\/\/www.asiafinancial.com\/us-and-canada-order-tiktok-cut-from-all-government-phones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">US and Canada Order TikTok Cut From All Government Phones<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n \r\n<h3><a href="https:\/\/www.asiafinancial.com\/chinas-tiktok-sues-montana-over-statewide-ban">China\u2019s TikTok Sues Montana Over Statewide Ban<\/a><\/h3>\r\n \r\n<h3 class="reports-big-head"><a href="https:\/\/www.asiafinancial.com\/tiktok-ceo-to-tell-us-lawmakers-weve-never-shared-data">TikTok CEO to Tell US Lawmakers: \u2018We\u2019ve Never Shared Data\u2019<\/a><\/h3>\r\n \r\n\r\n ", "articleSection": "Asia", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "url": "https:\/\/www.asiafinancial.com\/tiktok-ban-would-help-enemy-of-the-people-facebook-trump" }, "headline": "TikTok Ban Would Help ‘Enemy of the People’ Facebook: Trump", "description": "Former US president looks to have softened his position on TikTok, saying a bill to force the Chinese tech giant to divest its US operations would boost Facebook, which he also dislikes ", "datePublished": "2024-03-12T11:51:34+00:00", "dateModified": "2024-03-12T11:51:34+00:00", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Asia Financial", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https:\/\/www.asiafinancial.com\/wp-content\/themes\/atf\/images\/AF-logo-small.png", "width": "640", "height": "97" } }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Asia Financial" }, "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https:\/\/www.asiafinancial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/trump_and_tiktok_wechat_logos_rs_2020-3-e1710241309945.jpg" } }</script> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CNH68EHNDT"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; 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font-size: 12px; font-weight: 500; margin-top: 10px; color: #aaaaaa;"> Donald Trump appears to have changed his position on TikTok (Reuters file image from 2020). </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="content"> <p> </p> <p>Former US president Donald Trump appears to have done an about-face on TikTok, saying a move by the US Congress to ban the popular Chinese app, would benefit Facebook – which he described as “an enemy of the people”.</p> <p>Trump, who tried to block Chinese control of TikTok when he held office in 2020, said “there’s a lot of good and there’s a lot of bad” with the short-video app, but banning it could help Facebook, and its parent company Meta, double its business.</p> <p>“Without TikTok, you can make Facebook bigger, and I consider Facebook to be an enemy of the people,” he told <strong><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/11/trump-says-a-tiktok-ban-would-empower-meta-slams-facebook-as-enemy-of-the-people.html">CNBC</a></strong>.</p> <p> </p> <h3>ALSO SEE: <a href="https://www.asiafinancial.com/china-misses-2023-emissions-targets-climate-credibility-at-risk">China Misses 2023 Emissions Targets, ‘Climate Credibility at Risk’</a></h3> <p> </p> <p>“There are a lot of people on TikTok that love it. There are a lot of young kids on TikTok who will go crazy without it,” Trump said.</p> <p>“I think Facebook has been very bad for our country, especially when it comes to elections,” he added.</p> <p>Facebook parent Meta Platforms revoked Trump’s access to Facebook and Instagram after removing two of his posts during the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. His accounts were reinstated in February 2023.</p> <p>The Trump administration tried to have TikTok removed from app stores in the US due to security concerns but was stymied by legal battles. He later ordered ByteDance to divest TikTok within 90 days, but that effort also failed.</p> <p>Shares in Meta fell sharply by more than 4.4% after Trump’s latest remarks, on a day when stocks were largely flat.</p> <p>The new position adopted by Trump, who is leading the race to be the Republican nominee in the US election in November, contrasts with President Joe Biden.</p> <p>Biden said on Friday that if US lawmakers pass a bill that forces TikTok parent ByteDance to sell the short-video app’s US operations, <strong><a href="https://www.asiafinancial.com/if-they-pass-it-ill-sign-it-biden-backs-bill-to-ban-tiktok">he would sign it</a></strong>.</p> <p>US intelligence agencies and lawmakers regard TikTok as a <strong><a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3354874/leaders-say-tiktok-is-potential-cybersecurity-risk-to-us/">cybersecurity risk</a></strong> (with data on 170 million Americans) and a platform used by Beijing as a propaganda arm to undermine US society, democracy – as well as a threat to <strong><a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/tiktok-china-us-elections-influence">free and fair elections</a></strong>.</p> <p> </p> <h2>‘Separating app from the CCP’</h2> <p>The Office of the Director of National Intelligence warned in its <a class="gtmContentClick" href="https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2024-Unclassified-Report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-link-text="annual threat assessment" data-vars-click-url="https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2024-Unclassified-Report.pdf" data-vars-content-id="aa01e877-041f-4e53-945d-697f697463ae" data-vars-headline="Top intel agency says China used TikTok to influence U.S. elections" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link"><strong>annual threat assessment</strong></a> on Monday: “TikTok accounts run by a [Chinese] propaganda arm reportedly targeted candidates from both political parties during the US midterm election cycle in 2022.</p> <p>It said China’s government may “attempt to influence the US elections in 2024 at some level because of its desire to sideline critics of China and magnify US societal divisions.”</p> <p>US Congressmen from both parties (Republican) Mike Gallagher and (Democrat) Raja Krishnamoorthi — who introduced the latest bill last week — say the move is not a ban, but rather, a push to separate the app used by half the people in the US from the Chinese Communist Party.</p> <p>“Think of this as a surgery designed to remove the tumour and thereby save the patient in the process,” Gallagher said.</p> <p>The <strong><a href="https://www.justice.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">US Justice Department</a></strong> also voiced support for the bill saying forcing ByteDance to divest TikTok would put the Biden Administration in a stronger legal position than if the app was simply banned.</p> <p>The American Civil Liberties Union said last week that a ban on TikTok would be unconstitutional and a violation of First Amendment rights.</p> <p>But the US Justice Department has a different view. It gave a classified briefing to members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday before the panel voted 50-0 in favour of the divestment bill.</p> <p>The briefing included the one-page unclassified document seen by Reuters, which said TikTok poses “key national security concerns” because it “collects tremendous amounts of sensitive data.” TikTok’s Chinese ownership puts its “American users at risk,” the DoJ added.</p> <p>The document, titled “Threat Posed by TikTok,” said any bill needs to separate the company from Beijing and its Chinese-based parent and that a divestment has key advantages over a ban.</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Jim Pollard with Reuters</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h3>ALSO SEE:</h3> <p> </p> <h3 class="reports-big-head"><a href="https://www.asiafinancial.com/if-they-pass-it-ill-sign-it-biden-backs-bill-to-ban-tiktok">‘If They Pass It, I’ll Sign It’: Biden Backs Bill to Ban TikTok</a></h3> <p> </p> <h3><a href="https://www.asiafinancial.com/tiktok-us-lawmakers-in-war-of-words-as-bill-to-ban-app-gets-fuel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok, US Lawmakers in War of Words as Bill to Ban App Gets Fuel</a></h3> <p> </p> <h3 class="reports-big-head"><a href="https://www.asiafinancial.com/suspicion-and-mistrust-continuing-to-shadow-tiktok">Suspicion And Mistrust Continuing to Shadow TikTok</a></h3> <p> </p> <h3 class="reports-big-head"><a href="https://www.asiafinancial.com/tiktok-hit-with-370m-eu-fine-over-childrens-data-breaches">TikTok Hit With $370m EU Fine Over Children’s Data Breaches</a></h3> <p> </p> <h3 class="reports-big-head"><a href="https://www.asiafinancial.com/tiktok-to-spend-big-in-southeast-asia-focus-on-e-commerce">TikTok to Spend Billions in Southeast Asia, Focus on E-Commerce</a></h3> <p> </p> <h3><strong><a href="https://www.asiafinancial.com/us-and-canada-order-tiktok-cut-from-all-government-phones" target="_blank" rel="noopener">US and Canada Order TikTok Cut From All Government Phones</a></strong></h3> <p> </p> <h3><a href="https://www.asiafinancial.com/chinas-tiktok-sues-montana-over-statewide-ban">China’s TikTok Sues Montana Over Statewide Ban</a></h3> <p> </p> <h3 class="reports-big-head"><a href="https://www.asiafinancial.com/tiktok-ceo-to-tell-us-lawmakers-weve-never-shared-data">TikTok CEO to Tell US Lawmakers: ‘We’ve Never Shared Data’</a></h3> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div class="tags"> </div> <div class="author-box"> <div class="profile_images"><img width="96" height="96" src="https://www.asiafinancial.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/JP-Feb2020--96x96.jpg" class="avatar avatar-96 photo imgauthor" alt="" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.asiafinancial.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/JP-Feb2020--96x96.jpg 96w, https://www.asiafinancial.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/JP-Feb2020--150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.asiafinancial.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/JP-Feb2020--24x24.jpg 24w, https://www.asiafinancial.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/JP-Feb2020--48x48.jpg 48w, https://www.asiafinancial.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/JP-Feb2020--300x300.jpg 300w" sizes="100vw" /></div> <div class="author-content"> <h3><a href="https://www.asiafinancial.com/author/jim">Jim Pollard </a></h3> <p style="font-size: 14px;"> Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. 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