The White House backed a congressional bill that would give the Biden administration new powers to ban TikTok and other foreign technologies that could pose security threats.
, TikTok says a “U.S. ban on TikTok is a ban on the export of American culture and values to the billion-plus people who use our service worldwide”.The White House’s endorsement of the bill comes amid growing safety and security concerns around TikTok, which has one billion users and is the sixth most-used social media platform in the world.
On Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the Chinese government could use TikTok to control the data and software on millions of devices in the U.S. and drive narratives to divide Americans. “This is a tool that is ultimately within the control of the Chinese government and to me, it screams out with national security concerns,” Wray tells a Senate Intelligence Committee.due to fears about potential spying by China.
However, TikTok has also faced scrutiny outside of the U.S. in recent months. Last week, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau banned TikTok on government-issued devices over fears that users’ data could be misused.the European Commission, the executive power of the European Union , banned its staff from using TikTokThis week, TikTok launched what it calls Project Clover, a security measure that is designed to allay concerns that it shares its data with China.
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