WASHINGTON: US nationwide safety officers will maintain a closed-door briefing on Wednesday (Mar 20) for senators on the Commerce and Intelligence committees on threats posed by Chinese language-owned quick video app TikTok, a committee aide instructed Reuters on Monday.
The categorised briefing is being hosted by the chairs of the 2 committees, Mark Warner and Maria Cantwell, and the highest Republicans on the panels, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz. The Senate is contemplating easy methods to proceed after the Home of Representatives voted final week on a invoice to pressure Chinese language-based ByteDance to divest TikTok inside six months or face a ban.
The destiny of TikTok, utilized by about 170 million People, has turn out to be a serious situation in Washington the place lawmakers have been flooded with calls from TikTok customers who oppose the laws.
Many lawmakers and the Biden administration say TikTok poses nationwide safety dangers as a result of China might compel TikTok to share American person information, whereas TikTok insists it has by no means and would by no means share US information.
TikTok says it has spent greater than US$1.5 billion on the hassle to guard US information and home it in the USA.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, who met with lawmakers final week, stated the laws, if signed into legislation, “will result in a ban on TikTok in the USA”.
