Hello and welcome. The us general manager of tiktok has said the chinese owned video sharing app is here for the long run after President Donald Trump said he would ban it in the us. Vanessa pappas told tiktoks more than 80 million us users in a video statement that its staff were building the safest app possible amid us concerns about data protection. Jack kilbride reports. You have heard you out soaring of support and we want to say thank you and we are not planning on going anywhere. Fighting words from an application the us president is threatening to ban. Tiktok, for millions of young americans, is afun millions of young americans, is a fun video sharing apple of dances and memes but for donald trump, it is a National Security concern. We are looking at tiktok, we may be banning tiktok, we may be doing some other things or a couple of options but a lot of things are happening so we will see what happens. The issue for the president is that the application is owned by a chinese com
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First here in the uk, a conservative mp, and former minister, has been arrested on suspicion of rape. He has now been released on bail. According to the sunday times, the allegations were made by a former parliamentary employee, who has accused him of rape, Sexual Assault and coercive control. Lets cross to our Political Correspondent Tony Bonsignore who has more on this. Tony, tell us more about what is known so far. Yes, what we know is these allegations against a current mp and former minister, according to the sunday times, they were made by a former parliamentary employee. Now the paper says that she alleges that the paper says that she alleges that the mp assaulted her, forced her to have sex and left her so traumatised that she had to go to hospital and she is accused him of rape, Sexual Assault and coercive control. Now weve had a st
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The us general manager of tiktok has said the chinese owned video sharing app is here for the long run, after President Donald Trump said he would ban it in the us. Vanessa pappas told tiktok users in a video statement that its staff were building the safest app amid us concerns about data protection. Tiktok is mostly used to share short videos, usually about 15 seconds long. And it has grown rapidly in the last year, now boasting more than 800 million active monthly users worldwide. But its owned by a chinese company, bytedance, and its this last fact that concerns the us security forces. There is in fact a precedent for this us announcement india has already blocked the app, and australia is also considering a ban. Heres our technology reporter, chris fox. Well, the app has been decompiled by security researchers. Theyve looked deep into it, and as yet, they havent found a smoking gun. Theres nothing obvious in the app that seems to be sending informati
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