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Monday 3 august 2020
Pompeo says Trump to take broad action on Chinese software

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ ership has raised concern
AP Business Writer about the potential for
NEW YORK (AP) — President sharing user data with Chi-
Donald Trump plans to take nese officials as well as
action on a what he sees censorship of videos criti-
as a broad array of nation- cal of the Chinese govern-
al security risks presented ment. TikTok says it does not
by software connected to censor videos and it would
the Chinese Communist not give the Chinese gov-
Party, Secretary of State ernment access to U.S. user
Mike Pompeo said Sunday. data.
Pompeo's remarks followed "The President, when he
reports that Microsoft is in makes his decision, will
advanced talks to buy the make sure that everything
U.S. operations of TikTok, we have done drives us
which has been a source as close to zero risk for the
of national security and American people," Pom-
censorship concerns for the peo said. "That's the mission
Trump administration. set that he laid out for all of
"These Chinese software us when we get — we be-
companies doing business gan to evaluate this now
in the United States, wheth- several months back. We're
er it's TikTok or WeChat — A man wearing a shirt promoting TikTok is seen at an Apple store in Beijing on Friday, July 17, 2020. closing in on a solution.
there are countless more ... Associated Press And I think you will see the
are feeding data directly president's announcement
to the Chinese Communist controls on employee ac- possible, and its members saying: "We're not planning shortly."
Party, their national secu- cess, and its biggest inves- agree that TikTok cannot on going anywhere." The debate over TikTok par-
rity apparatus," Pompeo tors come from the U.S., remain in the U.S. in its cur- TikTok's catchy videos and allels a broader U.S. secu-
said on Fox News Channel's the company said Sunday. rent form, because it "risks ease of use has made it rity crackdown on Chinese
"Sunday Morning Futures." "We are committed to pro- sending back information popular, and it says it has companies, including tele-
"Could be their facial rec- tecting our users' privacy on 100 million Americans," tens of millions of users in com providers Huawei and
ognition patterns. It could and safety as we continue said Treasury Secretary Ste- the U.S. and hundreds of ZTE. The Trump administra-
be information about their working to bring joy to fami- ven Mnuchin. millions globally. Its parent tion has ordered that the
residence, their phone lies and meaningful careers "We all agree there has to company, Bytedance Ltd., U.S. stop buying equipment
numbers, their friends, who to those who create on our be a change ... everybody launched TikTok in 2017. It from those providers to be
they're connected to. platform," a TikTok spokes- agrees it can't exist as it bought Musical.ly, a video used in U.S. networks. Trump
Those — those are the is- person said. does," Mnuchin said Sun- service popular with teens has also tried to steer allies
sues that President Trump Trump had said on Friday day on ABC's "This Week." in the U.S. and Europe, and away from Huawei over
has made clear we're go- that he would soon ban As speculation grew over combined the two. It has a concerns that the Chinese
ing to take care of," he said. TikTok in the United States. a ban or sale of the social similar service, Douyin, for government has access
TikTok's U.S. user data is A federal committee is media's U.S. business, TikTok users in China. to its data, which Huawei
stored in the U.S., with strict reviewing whether that's posted a video on Saturday But TikTok's Chinese own- denies.q

RNC: Decision on private Trump renomination vote not final

Convention said on Satur- more. parameters set before us
day, citing the coronavirus. Nominating conventions by state and local guide-
However, a Republican are traditionally meant to lines regarding the number
National Committee offi- be media bonanzas, as of people who can attend
cial contradicted that as- political parties seek to le- events."
sessment Sunday, empha- verage the attention the The decision was first re-
sizing that no final decisions events draw to spread their ported by the Arkansas
have been made and that message to as many voters Democrat-Gazette.
logistics and press cover- as possible. Privately some GOP del-
age options were still being If the GOP decision stands, egations have raised logis-
evaluated, The official was it will be the first party nomi- tical issues with traveling
not authorized to discuss nating convention in mod- to either city, citing the in-
the matter publicly and ern history to be closed to creasing number of jurisdic-
spoke on condition of ano- reporters. tions imposing mandatory
nymity. "Given the health restric- quarantine orders on trav-
While Trump called off the tions and limitations in elers returning from states
public components of the place within the state of experiencing surges in the
convention in Florida last North Carolina, we are virus.
President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One at Andrews Air
Force Base, Md., Friday, July 31, 2020. month, citing spiking cas- planning for the Charlotte The subset of delegates in
Associated Press es of the virus across the activities to be closed press Charlotte will be casting
country, 336 delegates Friday, August 21 – Mon- proxy votes on behalf of
By KEVIN FREKING to be conducted in private are scheduled to gather in day, August 24," a conven- the more than 2,500 official
Associated Press later this month, without Charlotte, North Carolina, tion spokeswoman said. delegates to the conven-
WASHINGTON (AP) — The members of the press pres- on Aug. 24 to formally vote "We are happy to let you tion. Alternate delegates
vote to renominate Presi- ent, a spokeswoman for to make Trump the GOP know if this changes, but and guests have already
dent Donald Trump is set the Republican National standard-bearer once we are working within the been prohibited.q