Trump to act on TikTok and other Chinese software

Trump to act on TikTok and other Chinese software
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US President Donald Trump plans to take action on a what he sees as a broad array of national security risks presented by software connected to the Chinese Communist Party, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday.

Mr Pompeo’s remarks came as Microsoft confirmed it was in talks to buy the US operations of TikTok, which has been a source of national security and censorship concerns for the Trump administration.

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