the tiktok social network was founded by the ceo of bayte dance, a young chinese programmer and businessman, jan yiming. in september twenty-one, the monthly audience of tiktok exceeded 1 billion people, and its owner became one of richest people in china. but back in 2018, donald trump named the app. threat to the national security of the united states, in august of the twentieth he signed a decree prohibiting american citizens from having any business with chinese companies, byte dance and tencent, owners of tiktok and chat messenger. trump's decree states that with their help , chinese authorities can collect personal data of us citizens, track the location of government employees , and use this information for espionage purposes. then the senate unanimously... approved a law prohibiting government employees from using tiktok on their official devices. in june twenty-first, joe biden reversed his predecessor’s decision regarding the tiktok and wechat services. however, just over a month ago, on march 13, the house of representatives approved a bill to ban tiktok in the united states if