Morning News Brief: Trump wants TikTok sold, peaceful protests in Portland and more
WION Web Team
New Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Aug 01, 2020, 08:30 AM IST
If the transaction happens, it would avoid an outright sale of TikTok while giving a stake in the popular app to Oracle, whose founder Larry Ellison is a prominent Trump supporter. Photograph:(AFP)
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'I knew I was going to catch it someday, as I think unfortunately nearly everyone here is going to catch it eventually. What are you afraid of? Face up to it,' Brazilian President said.
'TikTok has become the latest target, but we are not the enemy,' the CEO said.
A Florida prosecutor identified the 17-year-old as Graham Clark of Tampa and charged him as an adult with 30 felony counts of fraud. Clark netted at least $100,000 from the scheme by using the celebrity accounts to solicit investments from unsuspecting Twitter users, state officials said.
This came few hours after the US President Donald Trump had openly criticised Brown for 'not doing her job'.