Late last month, the White House gave all federal agencies 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government devices. assets was also shelved as the Biden administration negotiated a deal with TikTok that would address some of the national security concerns. Courts blocked the effort, and President Joe Biden rescinded Trump’s orders but ordered an in-depth study of the issue. In 2020, then-President Donald Trump and his administration sought to force ByteDance to sell off its U.S. READ MORE: TikTok banned on all Canadian government phones user data and systems, with robust third-party monitoring, vetting, and verification, which we are already implementing."
"The best way to address concerns about national security is with the transparent, U.S.-based protection of U.S. "If protecting national security is the objective, divestment doesn’t solve the problem: a change in ownership would not impose any new restrictions on data flows or access," TikTok spokesperson Maureen Shanahan said. The TikTok logo is displayed on signage outside TikTok social media app company offices in Culver City, California, on March 16, 2023. TikTok was dismissive of the reports, saying such a move wouldn't help protect national security. ban on the app unless its ByteDance divested. Mike McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, said.Įarlier this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., part of the Treasury Department, was threatening a U.S.
It’s a spy balloon into your phone," Texas Republican Rep. "Anyone with TikTok downloaded on their device has given the a backdoor to all their personal information. READ MORE: Nearly half of Americans would support a ban on TikTok, poll finds There’s no evidence that TikTok has turned over such data, but fears abound due to the vast amount of user data it, like other social media companies, collects.
Both the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission have warned that ByteDance, which is based in Beijing, could share TikTok user data - such as browsing history, location and biometric identifiers - with China’s authoritarian government.Ī law implemented by China in 2017 requires companies to give the government any personal data relevant to the country’s national security.
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