The heads of two top U.S. intelligence agencies have, in recent days, issued separate warnings about concerns surrounding the video-sharing app TikTok, owned by Chinese-based company ByteDance.
Intelligence officials warn of mounting privacy, national security concerns from TikTokPUBLISHED December 6, 2022 @6:02 PM The heads of two top U.S. intelligence agencies have, in recent days, issued separate warnings about concerns surrounding the video-sharing app TikTok, owned by Chinese-based company ByteDance
Wisconsin’s Republican representatives in Congress on Tuesday called on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to delete the video platform TikTok from all state government devicesspeaking with NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell When asked directly if parents ought to be concerned over privacy implications for children and young teens on the app, Haines said she thinks “you should be,” adding: “It is extraordinary how open we are is a society in the amount of information that we put into, you know, public venues that then can be accessed, but also through commercial means as well.”
Wray said the FBI was concerned that the Chinese had the ability to control the app’s recommendation algorithm, “which allows them to manipulate content, and if they want to, to use it for influence operations.” He also asserted that China could use the app to collect data on its users that could be used for traditional espionage operations.
Concerned about China’s influence over TikTok, the Trump administration in 2020 threatened to ban the app within the U.S. and pressured ByteDance to sell TikTok to a U.S. company. U.S. officials and the company are now in talks over a possible agreement that would resolve American security concerns, a process that Wray said was taking place across U.S. government agencies.
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