The war against TikTok won't solve the 'national embarrassment' of how poorly the US protects your data
US politicians from both parties are looking for ways to ban the app or curtail its influence.When the US last month spotted a Chinese surveillance balloon hovering about 66,000 feet over Billings, Montana, politicians and pundits alike used the opportunity to call out another China boogeyman: TikTok.
A few years after its arrival in the US, TikTok has become a main character in the US-China tech war. The short-video app is a common talking point for US politicians in both parties looking to stake a position on China. The proposed bills in Congress could even affect some American companies with business functions in China, said Jenna Leventoff, a senior policy counsel at the ACLU, who coauthored a"This could apply to other large companies, like possibly Apple," Leventoff told Insider."Apple has a lot of its technology made in China. The President or future administration could block Americans from doing business or using apps from a number of entities in China.
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