Mike Pompeo said that President Trump would soon take action against Chinese software companies that the administration believes present a national security risk for Americans. ’President Trump has said, ’enough,’ and we’re going to fix it’, Pompeo said. Pompeo asserted that Chinese-owned software companies doing business in America were ’feeding data directly’ to the government in Beijing.
Would it be better if Microsoft ended up buying TikTok's US operations? After all, user data of US citizens is kept in the US by TikTok, and a backup is kept in Singapore. If Microsoft does buy out TikTok's US operations, it might also lead to more jobs for US citizens.