THE UNITED STATE’S NATIONAL SECURITY PROTECTION FROM CYBER CRIME THREATS  A CASE STUDY OF TIK TOK BANNING SUBMISSION BY THE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN 2020

Irma  Indrayani; Tasya  Maharani

doi:10.52166/jsps.v3i3.122

Irma Indrayani International Relations Department Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Department Universitas Nasional Jakarta, Indonesia
Tasya Maharani International Relations Department Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Department Universitas Nasional Jakarta, Indonesia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52166/jsps.v3i3.122

Keywords: Tik Tok Banning, Cyber Crime, National Security

Abstract

In August 2020, President of the United States Donald Trump issued an Executive Order to the United States Ministry of Commerce to prohibit transaction activities through the TikTok application. The prohibition of this transaction then resulted in the notion of TikTok being banned because the President claimed that TikTok collects and sells personal data of its users to the Chinese Government. The multinational company ByteDance, which oversees TikTok, then denied this claim and prepared to sue the Trump Administration. However, based on the research that has been done, in fact, there is a Chinese National Intelligence Law, which requires companies to involve the National Intelligence Services in their operation. The results of the discussion will try to analyze the truth of Donald Trump's claims, and what kinds of dangers that might occur from the cyber-crime attacks so the use of national security theory is appropriate as a basis analysis.

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