TikTok national security inquiry is latest US show of force on Chinese access to American data
Regulators may be concerned about risks posed by the data that TikTok collects.
A TikTok logo is seen on a mobile device in Mountain View, California on November 2, 2019 as a photo illustration.TikTok lets its millions of users record 15-second clips to trendy tunes. It has caught on with theatrical millennials and helped turn Lil Nas' "Old Town Road" into a smash. Now, according to the U.S. government, it may be a national security risk.
CFIUS reached out to Bytedance after a number of U.S. lawmakers, including Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., publicly called for an inquiry into the company, the person familiar with the situation said.
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