{"id":559065,"date":"2021-06-10T10:21:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559065"},"modified":"2021-06-10T10:21:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:21:26","slug":"china-lauds-bidens-tiktok-executive-order-calling-it-a-positive-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-lauds-bidens-tiktok-executive-order-calling-it-a-positive-step\/","title":{"rendered":"China Lauds Biden\u2019s TikTok Executive Order, Calling It A \u2018Positive Step\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-lauds-bidens-tiktok-executive-order-calling-it-a-positive-step%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559065&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>China on Thursday praised President Joe Biden\u2019s repeal of former President Donald Trump\u2019s executive orders seeking to ban TikTok and WeChat, calling the move a \u201cpositive step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that the U.S. will treat Chinese companies fairly and avoid politicizing economic and trade issues,\u201d Commerce Ministry spokesperson Gao Feng said at news briefing Thursday, adding that the move was a\u00a0\u201cpositive step in the right direction,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-joe-biden-china-technology-business-aed630cb4c2698e4e00f08d1a185f21d\">according to The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The White House on Wednesday announced that it was repealing Trump\u2019s executive orders, and was instead directing Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to evaluate foreign software applications tied to adversaries like China and to \u201ctake action, as appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Federal Government should evaluate these threats through rigorous, evidence-based analysis and should address any unacceptable or undue risks consistent with overall national security, foreign policy, and economic objectives, including the preservation and demonstration of America\u2019s core values and fundamental freedoms,\u201d Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/06\/09\/executive-order-on-protecting-americans-sensitive-data-from-foreign-adversaries\/\">executive order<\/a> says.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also urged the U.S. \u201cto stop generalizing the concept of national security and abusing state power to suppress Chinese technology enterprises,\u201d the AP noted, adding that Beijing will continue to defend its technology companies against U.S. laws they deem restrictive. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/07\/01\/tik-tok-security-threat-bytedance-china-hacking-data-collection\/\">(RELATED: Does TikTok Pose A Security Threat?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7049671\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7049671\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7049671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1269166005-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"The TikTok logo is displayed outside a TikTok office on August 27, 2020 in Culver City, California. The Chinese-owned company is reportedly set to announce the sale of U.S. operations of its popular social media app in the coming weeks following threats of a shutdown by the Trump administration. (Photo by Mario Tama\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1269166005-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/GettyImages-1269166005-178x120.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1269166005-620x419-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1269166005-768x519-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1269166005-1536x1037-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1269166005-2048x1383-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7049671\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TikTok\u2019s office in Culver City, California. (Mario Tama\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump sought to ban social media app TikTok and WeChat, a Chinese messaging app, last year via executive order but both bans were overturned by federal judges.<\/p>\n<p>Though Biden revoked Trump\u2019s executive order, his administration has continued many of Trump\u2019s tough-on-China policies, including the expansion of an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/04\/biden-china-defense-trump-ban-investment\/\">executive order<\/a> barring American investment in Chinese companies.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok also quietly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/tiktoks-privacy-policy-collect-americans-faceprints-voiceprints-biometric-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">changed its privacy policy<\/a> for American users last week, allowing its app to collect users\u2019 faceprints, voiceprints and biometric data.<\/p>\n<p>The June 2 update\u00a0is under the section \u201cinformation we collect automatically,\u201d allowing the company to collect users\u2019 data without directly notifying them.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China on Thursday praised President Joe Biden\u2019s repeal of former President Donald Trump\u2019s executive orders seeking to ban TikTok and WeChat, calling the move a \u201cpositive step.\u201d\u201cWe hope that the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279854,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1269166005-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"China Lauds Biden\u2019s TikTok Executive Order, Calling It A \u2018Positive Step\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1269166005-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"China Lauds Biden\u2019s TikTok Executive Order, Calling It A \u2018Positive Step\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}