TikTok – TikTok CEO To Face US Congress Amid Data Privacy Concerns
TikTok – TikTok CEO To Face US Congress Amid Data Privacy Concerns
The Chief Executive Officer of ByteDance, the organization that owns TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, is scheduled to testify before the US Congress regarding data privacy issues.
According to CBS News, American lawmakers will question Chew on Thursday as they consider legislation allowing President Joe Biden to impose a nationwide ban on the app.
The hearing will centre on TikTok’s “consumer privacy and data security practices, how the platform affects children, and its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party,” according to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Because of its associations with the Chinese government, TikTok has recently been intensely scrutinised. The app cannot be used on equipment owned by the government in many western states, including the US.
In December last year, lawmakers of the US Senate introduced a bill to ban the use of the video sharing platform in the country.
Republican Senator Marco Rubio of the Senate Intelligence Committee, one of the bill’s sponsors, claimed that the app was more than just a tool for making videos; rather, it was a key tool in the hands of the Chinese government for obtaining sensitive information from Americans.
The US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, revealed earlier in March that the White House had supported the legislation giving the President the authority to outlaw the app nationwide.
According to Sullivan, the bipartisan legislation would give the US government the authority to stop specific foreign governments from using technology services in a way that could endanger Americans’ sensitive data and our national security.
The app is already prohibited from being used on computer devices by the US military, the State Department, and the Department of Homeland Security.
Similar orders have been issued by the European Commission, United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand for government employees to remove the app from their official devices.
According to a Wall Street Journal report from last week, the US government has reportedly recently demanded that ByteDance sell its shares in the TikTok app or face a national ban.
According to CBS News, American lawmakers will question Chew on Thursday as they consider legislation allowing President Joe Biden to impose a nationwide ban on the app.
The hearing will centre on TikTok’s “consumer privacy and data security practices, how the platform affects children, and its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party,” according to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Because of its associations with the Chinese government, TikTok has recently been intensely scrutinised. The app cannot be used on equipment owned by the government in many western states, including the US.
In December last year, lawmakers of the US Senate introduced a bill to ban the use of the video sharing platform in the country.
Republican Senator Marco Rubio of the Senate Intelligence Committee, one of the bill’s sponsors, claimed that the app was more than just a tool for making videos; rather, it was a key tool in the hands of the Chinese government for obtaining sensitive information from Americans.
The US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, revealed earlier in March that the White House had supported the legislation giving the President the authority to outlaw the app nationwide.
According to Sullivan, the bipartisan legislation would give the US government the authority to stop specific foreign governments from using technology services in a way that could endanger Americans’ sensitive data and our national security.
The app is already prohibited from being used on computer devices by the US military, the State Department, and the Department of Homeland Security.
Similar orders have been issued by the European Commission, United Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand for government employees to remove the app from their official devices.
According to a Wall Street Journal report from last week, the US government has reportedly recently demanded that ByteDance sell its shares in the TikTok app or face a national ban.