President Biden's administration is dragging its feet on negotiations with TikTok to let the Chinese-owned company operate in the U.S. long-term amid concerns of data security.
appears to be stalling negotiations of a data security deal with TikTok amid widespread outcry from Republicans saying the Chinese app is a national security threat.
The Biden administration's review of TikTok, a hugely popular video-sharing app, has run into a series of roadblocks and is unlikely to meet its expected end date at the end of the year. Reviewers are concerned about TikTok's transparency regarding how its algorithm selects videos for users' feeds, among other things,TikTok had reportedly met an initial series of requests from the Biden administration, but the U.S. officials are holding off on sending another batch.
A TikTok representative told WSJ the company is confident they will reach a "timely conclusion to our agreement with the U.S. government, much of which we have already started implementing in earnest, so that we can put these concerns to rest." TikTok app logo on the App Store is seen with TikTok logo displayed in the background in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on July 18, 2021.In the meantime, TikTok's window for approval may be closing, as Republicans on Capitol Hill and even some within Biden's administration have sounded the alarm. Many Republicans, who will take control of the House of Representatives in January, arguing the app should be banned outright.
"[Dangers] include the possibility that the Chinese government could use it to control data collection on millions of users or control the recommendation algorithm, which could be used for influence operations if they so chose or to control software on millions of devices, which gives the opportunity to potentially tactically compromised personal devices," Wray said.
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