Hawley Introduces Security Bill Addressing Data, Privacy Concerns

TikTok said its hired a U.S.-based auditing firm to analyze the apps data security practices, in aletter to lawmakersat a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing chaired by Hawley on Nov.

During that hearing, Hawley saidall it would take is one knock on the door of their parent company based inChinafrom a Communist Party official for the data to be sent to the Chinese Communist Party .

Chinese companieswithvast amounts of personal data on Americansare required byChineselaw to provide that data to Chinese intelligence services.

If your child uses TikTok, theres a chance the Chinese Communist Party knows where they are, what they look like, what their voices sound like, and what theyre watching, he continued.

While TikTok claims the Chinese regime doesnt have jurisdiction over the content of the app, lawmakers have noted that ByteDance is governed by Chinese laws.

Hawley said American companies operating in China also have these risks, as Chinese law allows the communist regime to seize data from American companies operating in China whenever it wants, for whatever reason it wants.

The Chinese communist regime has representatives in almost every large company in China, Wright said.The concerns over TikTok come amid broader anxiety over forced technology transfers from U.S.

Over the past 12 months, TikTok has been downloaded more than 750 million times,according to research firm Sensor Tower; which is more than new users of Facebook, Youtube, or Snapchat in the same time period.

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