US Senators briefed on TikTok express concerns over China's potential espionage and propaganda efforts targeting US users. Access to personal data raises alarms among officials.
In a rare showing of bipartisanship, the House of Representatives have passed the TikTok ban bill that would force Chinese-owned ByteDance to sell the company or be banned from the US.
While politicians on both sides of the aisle are about to vote on whether to force TikTok parent company, ByteDance, to sell the platform or face a US ban, influencers are scrambling to Washington.
TikTok now faces the possibility of being ordered to be sold or else be banned from the US, with House Republicans and President Joe Biden seeing eye-to-eye on the issue.
TikTok has long been accused of being used by the Chinese government to spy on Americans. Now, the United States House of Representatives is moving to ban the app on all U.S. government devices. However, this excludes bans for ones belonging to members of Congress.
TikTok has made an initial "technical partnership" with Oracle ahead of September 20 deadline that U.S. President Donald Trump has given the popular video sharing app.
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer has quit from the Chinese-owned video sharing app following a recent threat by President Donald Trump to ban the app in the United States,
TikTok confirms plans to file a lawsuit against the U.S. government on Saturday. They argued that President Trump's executive order than bans the app has deprived it of due process.
Snap Inc. stock prices have increased by 5.94 percent on Tuesday after U.S. Secretary State Mike Pompeo said the country is looking to ban TikTok and other Chinese social media applications because of security concerns.
