NEW AT 5:30, MICROSOFT
COULD BE ON THE VERGE OF A
TIKTOK TAKEOVER.
THEY'RE CHASING A DEAL TO BUY
ALL OF TIKTOK'S GLOBAL BUSINESS
INCLUDING IN INDIA AND EUROPE.
IT'S CLOSELY BEING WATCHED BY
TEENS, THEIR FAMILIES AND
CELEBRITIES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HOPPED
ON TIKTOK SINCE QUARANTINE.
Reporter: MORE THAN 100
MILLION PEOPLE USE THE VIDEO
APP.
NOW THE PRESIDENT IS
THREATENING TO SHUT IT DOWN
OVER SECURITY CONCERNS.
THEY ARE CONCERNED TIKTOK
COULD BE LEAKING DATA TO THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
WE MAY BE BANG TIKTOK.
TIKTOK USERS ARE ANGRY.
THIS HUGE PLATFORM AND I
DON'T WANT IT TO DISAPPEAR.
A LOT OF THESE TIKTOK USERS
ARE RELYING ON THE APP FOR
THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
SOME ARE MAKING TENS OF
THOUSANDS, IF NOT HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS.
SHE HAS 75 MILLION
FOLLOWERS.
KILLED HER HUSBAND, WHACKED
HER.
SO COULD THIS BE THE END OF
TIKTOK.
THAT MEANS NO MORE WINE
DRINKING FROM CAMERON DIAZ OR
SONGS FROM THE ROCK.
USERS WITH SCREENS SAYING
THIS APP IS NO LONGER
AVAILABLE.
THE APP WOULDN'T WORK MON YOUR
PHONE.
BUT TIKTOK'S GM SAID NOT SO
FAST.
WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
WE'RE BUILDING THE SAFEST APP.
Reporter: THE PRESIDENT HAS
GIVE AN DEADLINE OF 45 DAYS TO
ENSURE USER DAY THAT REMAINS IN
THE U.S. ARE THEIR CONCERNS
ABOUT SECURITY, LEGITIMATE,
SURE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE SKEPTICAL
OF ANY COMPANY RUN BY CHINA
OPERATING IN THE U.S. BUT
TIKTOK IS NOT THE ONLY CHINESE
