Trump gives TikTok 45 days to sell to Microsoft or be banned in U.S.

Critics contend that TikTok is not merely just a fun video-sharing social networking app but is a Chinese state sponsored data vacuum.

Microsoft is reportedly considering a buyout of social media app TikTok which would halt the Trump administration from issuing a complete ban of the app.

President Donald Trump is giving TikTok 45 days to sell to Microsoft or leave the United States.

Over the weekend, Republican Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina voiced support for Trump’s review of TikTok as well as for the Microsoft purchase as a way to allow TikTok’s 80 million U.S. users to continue to use the app, Fox Business reported.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who chairs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, said Sunday that Republican and Democrat leaders “all agree there needs to be a change.”