US v China: Tik Tok Under Fire

Last month, the US government informed federal agencies that they had 30 days to remove Chinese owned app Tik Tok from government-owned devices. Some agencies, such as the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and State, already have restrictions in place.

“The Biden-Harris Administration has invested heavily in defending our nation’s digital infrastructure and curbing foreign adversaries’ access to Americans’ data,” said Chris DeRusha, the federal chief information security officer.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified last week before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where the US lawmakers aggressively questioned Chew over its alleged ties to the Chinese government and the company’s data-security practices.

Chew, in over five hours of testimony, repeatedly denied the app’s parent company ByteDance is owned or controlled by the Chinese government and asserted it is a private company.

For more blogs on GeoPolitics or History, click here for Kakul's Blog

\