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TikTok on wheels: US terms it ‘National Security Threat’

America’s national security experts made a compelling case against the popular social media application TikTok owned in part by the Chinese government, stating that it constitutes a national security threat, according to The Hill.Jianli Yang writing for the US-based newspaper mentions that The Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned that TikTok allows the Chinese government to access location, biometric identifiers and browsing history. This information can be shared with the Chinese Communist Party, he added. This information led a bipartisan group of senators, led by US Senator Mark Warner, to recently introduce legislation providing the Department of Commerce the power to regulate the popular social media app. The Joe Biden-led White House quickly endorsed the bill and called for its immediate passage, reported The Hill.
Jianli Yang, PhD, is the founder and president of Citizen Power Initiatives in China and is an author of “For Us, The Living: A Journey to Shine the Light on Truth” and “It’s Time for a Values-Based “Economic NATO”.

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