Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has expressed “concern” about the impact of a possible US ban on Tik Tak.
According to a BuzzFeed report, Mark Zuckerberg told Facebook employees that he was “extremely concerned” about the impact of the US ban on TikTak.
According to the report, during a recent meeting with Facebook employees, Mark Zuckerberg spoke about the “disturbing situation” regarding the tick-tock.
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It should be noted that US President Donald Trump has warned of a ban on Tik Tak and has stressed that if the operations of this application are not handed over to any American company in the United States, they will ban it in their country.
“I think this is going to be a very bad precedent on a long-term basis, and it needs to be handled very carefully, no matter what the solution is, I’m very concerned, because other There will be long-term effects in the countries.
Byte Dance, a Chinese company owned by Tik Tak, is trying to sell the app’s operations in the US to a US company, failing which the application will be banned there.
During the meeting, Mark Zuckerberg was asked by employees if Facebook was interested in buying Tic Tac Toe, and he declined to comment.
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According to recent reports, the US branch of Tik Tak is valued at between سے 30 billion and 50 50 billion.
Microsoft is currently the largest buyer of TuckTalk’s US business and has publicly confirmed its interest in buying TuckTalk operations in the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
When Tik Tak entered the US market in 2018, it became very popular there and managed to beat the Facebook-owned app Instagram in attracting young people.
A Facebook spokesperson said in July 2019 that TikTak is a major competitor.
Facebook is working on various features in this regard in comparison to the tick-tock competition and for this purpose, a feature based on imitation of tick-tack, Instagram Rails, has recently been introduced around the world.
On the other hand, after US President Donald Trump issued a ban order, Tik Tak has threatened legal action.
It may be recalled that on August 6, Donald Trump issued a separate executive order regarding future sanctions on Tik Tak and the same day on VChat.
According to a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Tik Tak expressed surprise at the order of US President Donald Trump to ban the app.
Tik Tak said he would use all resources to uphold the rule of law.
The TuckTalk company said that the US administration did not pay attention to the facts and instead agreed to the terms of the agreement without standard legal procedures and tried to involve itself in the negotiations of private businesses.
At the same time, TuckTuck said the new order threatens to erode the confidence of global businesses in the United States’ commitment to the rule of law and sets a dangerous precedent for freedom of expression and open markets.