Democrat Senator urges Google, Apple to ban TikTok from app stores: ‘Unacceptable threat'
Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, details new proposed legislation to ban TikTok from U.S. colleges and weighs in on threats to national security posed by Chinese-owned TikTok and Huawei.from their respective app stores on Thursday, saying the Chinese-owned app presented an "unacceptable threat" to U.S. national security.and Apple CEO Tim Cook, highlighting the threat TikTok poses to young Americans in particular.
"Like most social media platforms, TikTok collects vast and sophisticated data from its users, including faceprints and voiceprints. Unlike most social media platforms, TikTok poses a unique concern because Chinese law obligates ByteDance… to ‘support, assist, and cooperate with state intelligence work,’" Bennet wrote.
"These obvious risks render TikTok, in its current form, an unacceptable threat to the national security of the United States. No company subject to CCP dictates should have the power to accumulate such extensive data on the American people or curate content to nearly a third of our population. Given these risks, I urge you to remove TikTok from your respective app stores immediately," he added.U.S. lawmakers are growing increasingly hostile toward TikTok.
U.S. lawmakers have grown increasingly critical of TikTok as its popularity has exploded in the U.S., with more than 60% of Americans aged 12-34 reporting that they use the app.
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