EXPLAINER: Why the US wants to ban TikTok?

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EXPLAINER: Why the US wants to ban TikTok?
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National Security Agency Director Paul Nakasone said in March he was worried about the data TikTok collects.

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Members of Congress in March complained that the Chinese government has a"golden share" in ByteDance, giving it power over TikTok. TikTok has said"an entity affiliated with the Chinese government owns 1% of a ByteDance subsidiary, Douyin Information Service," and says the holding"has no bearing on ByteDance's global operations outside of China, including TikTok."The FBI's Wray has also said U.S.

He asserted the TikTok platform could enable sweeping influence operations because TikTok could proactively influence users and could also"turn off the message."-TikTok will hand American's data over to Chinese government officials

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