The National Security Agency warned on Tuesday that TikTok gives China a loaded gun and Americans need to beware.
NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce said the dangers with the China-founded app involve the communist country’s track record of operating businesses and exploiting the Western world.
Mr. Joyce is not the first NSA official to express alarm about the platform. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, the NSA director, told House Armed Services Committee lawmakers last month that TikTok poses a data security problem for the American public. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Jen Easterly told lawmakers in March that she would support a nationwide ban of TikTok, but was not sure such a blanket restriction could be implemented.
American policymakers are concerned that China’s policies of civil-military fusion that force businesses to cooperate with the communist government make Americans’ data on TikTok vulnerable to the Chinese government via the app’s China-founded parent company, ByteDance.
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