US President Donald Trump has downplayed the threat of the social media app TikTok being used by the Chinese government to spy on users He says the app will "stay around" and that other products made in China could just as easily be used for spying Also on Wednesday,

President Donald Trump downplayed the national security risk posed by TikTok in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday, days after offering the social video app a reprieve from legislation that would have forced it to shut down.

After the Supreme Court upheld Congress’ ban on the app based on U.S. national security concerns, TikTok went dark in the United States over the weekend. But TikTok came back online as incoming President Donald Trump signaled he would give the social media giant a reprieve to find an American buyer for the Chinese-owned company.

TikTok, one of the most popular social media platforms in the United States, has a little more than three months to reach a deal divesting it of Chinese ownership before it goes dark. The app boasts roughly 170 million monthly active users across the country but faces extinction by May if it fails to sell

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would be open to the possibility of having his billionaire ally Elon Musk buy the U.S. operations of TikTok in his latest comments on the popular social media platform.

President Donald Trump says he is open to Elon Musk buying TikTok in order to keep the app functioning in the United States. Trump proposed that the US jointly own