The heads of the top U.S. intelligence agencies united this week in warning about the national security threat posed by China-owned TikTok, pointing to the Chinese government’s influence over the app’s algorithm and access to data and software.
The warnings came during back-to-back Senate and House Intelligence Committee hearings this week in which FBI Director Christopher Wray led the way in warning about the “national security concerns” posed by TikTok, with the heads of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the CIA, the National Security Agency, and the Defense Intelligence Agency all agreeing with him.
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TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based company that has links to the Chinese government. Shou
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