Mike Pompeo said that the U.S. would 'certainly look at' banning Chinese social media apps including TikTok over national security and privacy concerns
Sec. of State Mike Pompeo said that the U.S. would "certainly look at" banning Chinese social media apps including short-form video app TikTok over national security and privacy concerns.
"With respect to Chinese apps on people's cell phones, I can assure you the United States will get this one right too," Pompeo said in an interview on Monday's episode of Fox News' "I don't want to get out in front of the president, but it's something we're looking at." Pompeo added that people should only download TikTok "if you want your private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party."
The news comes as TikTok increasingly looks to distance itself from its parent company Beijing-based ByteDance. Last week, over national security and privacy concerns. The ban came as a huge blow to TikTok as India was one of it fastest growing and most profitable markets. There have also been reports that Australia's government was looking at a ban.
, Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Google and Telegram all said they were suspending co-operation with Hong Kong's police in relation to requests for user information.
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