President Trump bans downloads of #TikTok!

President Donald Trump is fulfilling his promise regarding the Chinese-owned app TikTok.

According to a report from The New York Times on Friday (Sept. 18), Trump's administration said that they will be banning the video-sharing application from U.S. app stores, which will prohibit millions of Americans from using the platform. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said in a statement this morning, “Today’s actions prove once again that President Trump will do everything in his power to guarantee our national security and protect Americans from the threats of the Chinese Communist Party.” 

The ban on TikTok is expected to go into effect on Nov. 12. 

The move to prohibit the app from being used in the United States follows an Aug. 6 executive order by Trump, in which he argued that TikTok as well as WeChat both compromised American users by collecting data that could be obtained by the Chinese government.