FBI Director Christopher Wray said at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy on Friday that people should stop using TikTok amid national security concerns.
In 2020, Trump discouraged people from using TikTok and threatened to ban the app in the U.S. He also said he would oversee a force of sale by the Chinese ownership to a company located in the U.S.
A split photo of former U.S. President Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Fla. on Nov. 15, 2022, and the TikTok logo shown on a mobile phone in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Nov. 29, 2022.During an appearance on Fox News Sunday on Nov. 20, Warner told host Shannon Bream that the app represents a major threat to Americans' privacy. He also discouraged parents from allowing their children to download the app.
"Well, I think Donald Trump was right. I mean, TikTok is an enormous threat," Warner said."So, if you're a parent, and you've got a kid on TikTok, I would be very, very concerned. All of that data that your child is inputting and receiving is being stored somewhere in Beijing."TikTok Chief Operating Officer Vanessa Pappas said during a Senate hearing in September that the company protects user data and that Chinese government officials have no access to it.
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