The Chinese government is lashing out against the Biden White House ahead of a potential U.S. ban of TikTok.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning claimed this month that “to perpetuate its hegemony, the U.S. habitually politicizes technology and trade issues and uses them as a tool and weapon in the name of national security” and vowed China would support “relevant companies” such as TikTok"safeguarding their legitimate rights.” Another spokesman for the Chinese ministry, Wang Wenbin, argued on March 15 that the U.S.
The heads of the top U.S. intelligence agencies united this month in warning about the national security threat posed by China-owned TikTok, pointing to the Chinese government’s influence over the app’s algorithm and its potential access to the app's data and software. Wray agreed with Sen. Marco Rubio when asked if the Chinese Communist Party could use TikTok to access the data on millions of users through its control of ByteDance, if China could potentially control the software on millions of devices, and if China could use TikTok to drive narratives to attempt to divide Americans or to push anti-Taiwan sentiment.
TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based company that has links to the Chinese government. Shou Zi Chew, who served as the CFO of ByteDance until November 2021, began serving as CEO for TikTok in April 2021, solidifying the influence of the Chinese parent company over the app.
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