TikTok may not have a lot of intelligence value but its owner Bytedance is in Beijing and its connection to the government is what worries the U.S., said James Lewis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
TikTok may not have a lot of intelligence value but its owner Bytedance "lives in Beijing" and its connection to the government is what worries the United States, said James Lewis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
"The Trump administration is deeply suspicious of China. Frankly, that's a bipartisan reaction in Washington; nobody trusts China here," he told CNBC'son Tuesday. "In this case, what they'll settle for is TikTok being spun off — at least its American parts — from ByteDance, from Chinese control." Nobody trusts China and ByteDance lives in Beijing. It's the connection to the Chinese government, its the connection to Chinese intelligence services.Sunday it will keep working with the U.S. government on a deal to acquire certain markets of TikTok — namely, the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Talks could conclude as soon as Sept. 15, it said.
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