US security at risk as China-backed ByteDance seeks to retain TikTok control amid sale deadline

Washington DC: Alarming reports are suggesting that ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok and a close affiliate of the Chinese Communist Party, is attempting to maintain control over the app in any forthcoming arrangement as the deadline for TikTok’s potential sale or ban approaches, according to a report from the National Review (NR).

NR indicated that ByteDance has inundated the nation with TikTok advertising campaigns to sway public perception. These initiatives only intensify concerns regarding the genuine nature of TikTok’s ongoing operations.

As per NR, this underscores the need for increased vigilance since ByteDance’s dominance over TikTok has already posed risks to our national security. The regulations are clear: any agreement must remove Chinese influence and authority over the app to protect our interests.

“If ByteDance stays in control, we’re looking at another underappreciated set of challenges: a future riddled with legal turmoil and investor lawsuits that would adversely affect US consumers and businesses while shackling American tech firms,” Moolenaar stated as quoted by NR.

“To shield the American populace from the CCP, ByteDance must be completely divorced from TikTok,” he further remarked.

NR reported that ByteDance is advocating for a licensing agreement and seems to be trying to retain its influence over TikTok. (IANS)

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