The top two senators on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence fear TikTok's algorithm can influence the American public if under adversarial ownership.
that aired Sunday as the chair and vice chair, respectively, of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Recent conversations surrounding a pending bill in the House that would prevent app stores from hosting TikTok prompted the senators to comment on the platform.
“If you don’t think the Chinese Communist Party can twist that algorithm to make it the news that they see reflective of their views, then I don’t think you appreciate the nature of the threat,” Warner said. “Would the United States ever allow China to buy CBS? I don’t think I would.” Warner also expressed his disappointment in the Biden campaign for utilizing TikTok, calling it “mixed messaging.” The Democratic senator claimed to have the president’s support for future legislation that would lead to a ban against the platform.
“ value is that it has an algorithm, a recommender engine, which is one of the best in the world. That is owned by ByteDance. Under Chinese law, ByteDance must own it. The only way that works is if they have access to the data,” Rubio explained. “What we have to focus on is who owns the algorithm. Whoever owns the algorithm will have access to the data.”ByteDance is the name of the Beijing-headquartered company that owns TikTok.
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