WASHINGTON — China could use social media app TikTok to influence the 2024 US elections, US director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a House of Representatives intelligence committee hearing on March 12.
The TikTok app's logo seen on a mobile phone screen in this picture illustration taken Feb 21, 2019.
The House is due to vote on March 13 under fast-track rules that requite two-thirds of members to vote "yes" for the measure to win passage. The 2024 annual threat assessment of the US Intelligence Community released on March 11 said TikTok accounts run by a Chinese government propaganda arm reportedly targeted candidates from both political parties during the US midterm election cycle in 2022.
TikTok, which says it has not and would not share US user data with the Chinese government, argues the House Bill amounts to a ban. It was unclear if China would approve any sale or if TikTok could be divested in six months.
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