WASHINGTON - China's government could use TikTok to control data on millions of American users, FBI Director Christopher Wray told a US Senate hearing on Wednesday (March 8), saying the Chinese-owned video app 'screams' of security concerns. Wray told a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats to US security that the Chinese government could also use TikTok to control...
FBI Director Christopher Wray discusses charges against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization with ties to Iran's government with conspiring to assassinate a journalist and activist who is a U.S. citizen, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, US, on Jan 27, 2023.
"Yes, and I would make the point on that last one, in particular, that we're not sure that we would see many of the outward signs of it happening if it was happening," Wray said of concerns China could feed misinformation to users.
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