CIA Director William Burns has described the Chinese app TikTok as a real threat to US national security. He said this in an interview with CBS. DEA News.
“I believe this (app. – socialbites.ca) is a real concern for the government,” Burns said.
According to Burns, TikTok is a Chinese company, which means that the Chinese government can insist on and obtain access to the information of users from the US, as well as control the content on the social network.
December 13 Republican Senator Marco Rubio introduced A bill banning the Chinese platform TikTok in the US, the document was supported by a bipartisan parliament.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey already prohibited government employees to use the TikTok application on government computers and other devices. The decision was taken after discussing the possibility of surveillance by China with the secretary of the information technology department.
Prior to that, Governor Greg Abbott’s order Let all agencies in the state of Texas ban TikTok from any government-issued device. A similar order was issued by South Dakota Governor Christy Noem.