Tik Tok is seeking support from social media rival Facebook Inc. in its legal challenge to President Donald Trump's plan to ban Chinese-owned video apps in the United States.
Adam Mosseri, who runs Facebook's
Instagram photo-sharing app, tweeted on Friday that the Commerce Department's
previously announced tick-tock ban would be "too bad for Instagram,
Facebook and the Internet at large." Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said
Friday that tick-tock and Tencent's WeChat will be banned’ on US app stores
starting Sunday.
Vanessa Papas, Tik Tok interim chief
executive, responded to Mosseri's tweet by asking the company to join its legal
battle against the White House. "We invite Facebook and Instagram to
publicly join our challenge and support our legal action," he wrote.
"This is a moment for us to put aside our competition and promote freedom
of expression and the rule of law." Focus on the basic principles of proper
practice. "
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently said
he thought the ban on tech talk would set a "bad long-term example"
for the tech industry. Facebook is banned’ in China, and Zuckerberg has said he
fears a US ban on Tik Tok could pave the way for other countries to ban
Facebook apps or services.
But Zuckerberg has also called on the US
government to take a tougher stance against China, warning that dismantling US
tech companies such as Facebook could pave the way for Chinese rivals to take
their place. During a speech at Georgetown University last fall, Zuckerberg
pointed to Tik Tok, which is owned’ by China-based Bite Dance Limited, and
criticized the app for allegedly leaking it to Hong Kong. Has censored content
related to the protests.
Zuckerberg said at the time, "So far,
in almost every country outside of China, the Internet has been defined by the
American Independent Platform. There is no guarantee that these values will
disappear."
A Facebook spokesperson declined to
comment on Papas' request.
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