The White House has set a deadline for government employees to delete TikTok from federal agencies as national security concerns about the short-form video app continue to grow. Federal agencies will have 30 days to remove the social media app from phones and systems, and block devices from accessing TikTok online, According to the memorandum of February 27 From the Office of Management and Budget.
“This directive is part of the administration’s continued commitment to securing our digital infrastructure and protecting the security and privacy of the American people,” said Chris DeRocha, chief federal information security officer at the Office of Management and Budget. Reuters I mentioned earlier on the 30 day deadline.
TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, is facing scrutiny over concerns that the app could pose national security threats, including concerns that the company could give the Chinese government access to US users’ data. In November, FBI Director Christopher Wray The app said They can be used “to control the collection of data on millions of users, to control a recommendation algorithm, which can be used for influence operations if they so choose, or to control software on millions of devices.” FCC Commissioner Brian Carr last year The application is called An advanced monitoring tool.
In December, US lawmakers Application blocking from government agencies. Other countries – including CanadaAnd the European Union and Taiwan – they took similar steps.
The ban could escalate already high tensions between China and the United States. On Tuesday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning He said in a press conference that the United States “exaggerates the expansion of the concept of national security and misuses state power to suppress foreign companies.”
“How unsure and fearless can the world’s largest superpower be with a youth-favorite app like this?” she said.
TikTok has more than 100 million monthly users in the US and is especially popular among teens, competing with platforms like Facebook-owned Instagram and Google-owned YouTube. About 67% of American teens say they use TikTok, according to a 2022 survey by Pew Research Center.
US politicians, including those in the Trump administration, have tried to ban TikTok before. TikTok’s increasing popularity in the US has raised concerns about the data the app collects. In December, Forbes reported that Tik Tok Firing employees who tracked the physical locations of journalists covering the company. US lawmakers are also proposing legislation to address national security concerns about TikTok. It is expected to present the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on Tuesday invoice That would make it easier for the Biden administration to ban TikTok. The committee chairman introduced Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas Bill last week.
Tik Tok It did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the company has previously said it does not share data with the Chinese government. The company also told lawmakers about a $1.5 billion plan to reorganize TikTok’s US business, The Wall Street Journal reported in January. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew He is scheduled to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23.
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