TikTok users, including reporters, to try to find a leak.See objects, animals, or persons in the dark, determine how far away they are, take (and stream) video, and even send ballistic info to your compatible riflescope with the BinoX-4K 4-16圆5 Night Vision Binocular with Laser Rangefinder. The company admitted in December that Chinese-based ByteDance employees retrieved the sensitive data of U.S. Chew, a native of Singapore who continues to live in the country, may also be asked about ByteDance’s surveillance of American journalists, which has been under investigation by the Justice Department. The White House also recently backed a bipartisan Senate bill that would give the administration more power to deal with TikTok, including a potential ban.ĭuring Thursday’s hearing, Mr. states, several colleges and Congress have enacted bans on TikTok in recent months. A commerce ministry spokeswoman said at a news conference that such a sale would “seriously undermine the confidence of investors from various countries, including China, to invest in the United States.”Īmid the lack of resolution, more than two dozen U.S. Last week, it emerged that the Biden administration wants TikTok’s Chinese ownership to sell the app or face a possible ban.Ĭhina said on Thursday that it would “firmly oppose” a forced sale of TikTok. user data or meddling with content recommendations, with oversight from government-approved officials and third-party auditors. That plan outlines how TikTok will prevent the Chinese government from having access to U.S. To continue operating in the United States under ByteDance’s ownership, TikTok has sought approval from a group of federal agencies known as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, for a plan called Project Texas. threats of a TikTok ban recalling how China has long blocked many American platforms.

The app has become a battleground in a technological Cold War between the two countries, with U.S. TikTok, which was initially hailed as China’s first global internet success story, has come to represent the growing divide between the United States and China over tech leadership and national security. Wray, have also warned that the Chinese government could use TikTok’s algorithm for “influence operations.” intelligence officials like the director of the F.B.I., Christopher A. user data into the hands of Beijing officials. But lawmakers have questions about ByteDance’s links to the Chinese government and whether those could put TikTok’s U.S. TikTok is working to secure its future in the United States, one of its biggest markets, where it says it has 150 million users and where it has become a culture-making machine. user data and the risks it may pose to teens and children. Chew questions directly about TikTok’s relationship with its Chinese owner, ByteDance, as well as about the app’s handling of sensitive U.S. before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will give lawmakers a rare opportunity to ask Mr.

lawmakers’ escalating distrust of the short-form video app’s Chinese ownership. Shou Chew, the chief executive of TikTok, will testify before Congress for the first time on Thursday, in an appearance that is expected to reflect U.S.

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