US is working to find ways to prevent data gathered by various Chinese social-media apps threatening national security. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is working with lawmakers to find ways to prevent data gathered by various Chinese social-media apps threatening national security, President Joe Biden’s commerce chief said.
“There are a number of members in the US Senate who are thinking hard about what’s the right way to protect American national security,” she said. The Bill, from House Foreign Affairs chairman Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican, was one of several China-focused measures the panel considered this week, and it won approval on a party-line 24-16 vote.
TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, is hugely popular in the US, especially among teens. But US officials say there is a potential security threat if the app is used for propaganda or if the Chinese government uses collected data to create profiles of Americans.
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