U.S. set to ban Chinese social media apps, including TikTok

The United States government said it is looking at banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, according to the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

“I don’t want to get out in front of the President (Donald Trump), but it’s something we’re looking at,” Pompeo said in an interview.

U.S. lawmakers have raised national security concerns over TikTok’s handling of user data, saying they were worried about Chinese laws requiring domestic companies “to support and cooperate with intelligence work controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.”