U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order approving a plan to restructure TikTok operations in the country to address national security concerns. TikTok is a massively popular short-form video platform owned by Chinese firm ByteDance. The social media service has a strong presence in the U.S., counting more than 170 million users, according to statistics published at the beginning of the month. The platform isn’t just for entertainment, as many creators in the country depend on it for income, and businesses use it to advertise and promote brands and products. The risk of user data being accessed by the Chinese government, as well as that of the platform being used to influence and distribute propaganda, sparked increasingly larger concerns in the United States, which…