FBI Director Wray: China Could Use TikTok to ‘Control Software on Millions’ of Americans’ Devices
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 15, 2022
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—The U.S. operations of Chinese-owned TikTok raise national security concerns, FBI Director Chris Wray said on Tuesday, flagging the risk that the Chinese government could harness the video-sharing app to influence users or control their devices.
Risks include "the possibility that the Chinese government could use [TikTok] to control data collection on millions of users or control the recommendation algorithm, which could be used for influence operations," Wray told U.S. lawmakers.
Beijing could also use the popular app, owned by ByteDance, to "control software . . .
