Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says a nationwide U.S. ban on Chinese-owned social media app TikTok should be considered over data security and privacy concerns.
said over the weekend that a nationwide U.S. ban on TikTok should be on the table given the social media app's link to the Chinese government, pointing to concerns over the company's handling of American users' data.
"It's something that should be looked at," the high-ranking Democrat told host George Stephanopoulos on ABC News' "This Week.""We do know there's Chinese ownership of the company that owns TikTok," Schumer said, adding, "So, there's some people in the Commerce Committee that are looking into that right now. We'll see. We'll see where they come out."TikTok is massively popular in the U.S.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said over the weekend that a nationwide U.S. ban on TikTok should be on the table. TikTok has been working for years to avert a ban in the U.S. after former President Donald Trump threatened to do so, and it has invested some $1.5 billion reorganizing its U.S. operations while
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