by Jimmy Quinn
Is TikTok fueling the ‘massive national security risk’ of Chinese espionage?
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The U.S. head office of TikTok in Culver City, Calif., September 15, 2020
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Two senior Republicans in the House of Representatives demanded answers from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in a letter late last week, after Chew had dodged previous questions about TikTok’s relationship with the Chinese Communist Party.
The letter comes in the aftermath of a bombshell BuzzFeed News exposé released on June 17, which revealed that engineers from TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, had accessed information on the app’s U.S. users from within China.
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Jimmy Quinn is the former national security correspondent for National Review.
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Two senior Republicans in the House of Representatives demanded answers from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in a letter late last week, after Chew had dodged previous questions about TikTok’s relationship with the Chinese Communist Party.
The letter comes in the aftermath of a bombshell BuzzFeed News exposé released on June 17, which revealed that engineers from TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, had accessed information on the app’s U.S. users from within China.
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About the Author
Jimmy Quinn is the former national security correspondent for National Review.
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