The popular Chinese short video sharing app, TikTok, ceaselessly in an agitating talk in politics around the world.

On a late Monday evening (July 6), Secretary of State Mike Pompeo broke the account to Fox News, saying United States is “certainly looking” in banning TikTok. In addition, Pompeo expressed the Trump’s administration’s claim that the Chinese government is potentially using the said app in spying and propaganda agenda.

Aside from TikTok, many other Chinese social media applications are eyed to be banned over privacy apprehension and national security. "…if you want your private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party," Pompeo said pertaining to the people who downloaded TikTok.

The breaking news comes after India banning TikTok last week and along with 58 other Chinese applications, over national security purposes.  The said ban transpires as a huge downfall to TikTok, considering India is one the business’ rapid growing and profit earner market. Australia, on the other hand, is also looking in banning TikTok, HollywoodReporter wrote.

"With respect to Chinese apps on people's cell phones, I can assure you the United States will get this one right too," Pompeo said. According to the secretary of state, he doesn’t want to further provide details of the said matter because he personally doesn’t want to “get ahead” of the president.

The same night as Pompeo’s revelation, TikTok also announced their pull-out agenda from Hong Kong after the country’s administration signed a new national security law last week. Reports from Reuters also made headlines when TikTok removed their application availability from Apple and Google Play Stores all over Hong Kong. “…we've decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong,” a TikTok mouthpiece told Reuters. TikTok has currently 150,000 reported users in the country.

Aside from TikTok, WhatsApp, Google, Telegram, Facebook, and Twitter also announced their suspension in Hong Kong.

The U.S. government’s decision in banning the hit-app TikTok has left many questions to many, baffling about the administration’s real objective to the case. To some, Pompeo’s announcement is one way to address the ongoing U.S.-China tensions in handling the coronavirus pandemic.

TikTok, owned by ByteDance was founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming. TikTok owns the tagline ‘Make Your Day’ who aims to capture and share short-duration mobile videos to the world. TikTok was initially launched globally in September 2016 after merging with Musical.ly.

TikTok is yet to release its statement regarding U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s remarks.