Leaders of the US Senate Intelligence Committee demanded an investigation on Tuesday into whether Chinese officials have access to information about US users of the viral video-sharing app TikTok.
The senators urged Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chairperson Lina Khan in a letter to investigate TikTok’s data security practices.
In reaction to reports in the media, the letter stated, “We write in response to public reports that persons in the People’s Republic of China have been accessing data about US customers, in violation of multiple public representations.
TikTok has continuously refuted these allegations, claiming that despite the fact that its parent company, ByteDance, is based in China, it does not provide the Chinese government with information regarding US customers.
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