TikTok Security Deal’s Prospects Are Clouded by FBI’s Doubts, State Bans
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The Biden administration is facing new roadblocks in its effort to address the national-security concerns around TikTok after the FBI warned about the dangers of the Chinese-owned video-sharing app and five states banned it from employee phones.
The public critique from FBI Director Christopher Wray, the state bans and growing objections from Congress are building pressure on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US. The panel is seeking a way to let TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance Ltd., keep operating in the US while also preventing the possibility that the Chinese government could access user data.