The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration announced on Tuesday that it is banning TikTok from all House-managed mobile devices 'due to a number of security risks.'
U.S. officials have repeatedly warned that the Chinese government could force the company to share the data it collects on its users.
"We do have national security concerns," FBI Director Christopher Wray said in November."They include the possibility that the Chinese government could use it to control data collection on millions of users." The Trump administration had threatened to ban the app completely unless it was sold to an American company, citing potential security and privacy threats. President Biden , but ordered a government review of foreign-owned apps, and whether they pose any security risks.
Michael Beckerman, TikTok's head of public policy for the Americas, has previously claimed the security concerns are overstated, but said that it"makes for good politics." He said TikTok collects less data than other social media apps and is also working to move user data to servers in the U.S. — out of reach of China.
"This would be the firewall," Beckerman said."Nothing is bulletproof, but for the concerns that are being raised on this, yeah, this is bulletproof."
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