Mike Pompeo’s remarks appear amid rising US-China tensions over the managing of coronavirus outbreak
Secretary of Point out Mike Pompeo said late on Monday that the United States is “definitely on the lookout at” banning Chinese social media apps, together with TikTok.
“I really don’t want to get out in front of the President (Donald Trump), but it is something we’re hunting at,” Pompeo stated in an interview with Fox News.
U.S. lawmakers have elevated nationwide security problems above TikTok’s dealing with of user info, expressing they have been fearful about Chinese legislation requiring domestic providers “to assist and cooperate with intelligence work controlled by the Chinese Communist Celebration.”
The application, which is not accessible in China, has sought to distance itself from its Chinese roots to enchantment to a world wide viewers and has emphasized its independence from China.
Pompeo’s remarks also arrive amid escalating U.S.-China tensions around the managing of the coronavirus outbreak, China’s actions in Hong Kong and a approximately two-year trade war.
TikTok, a quick-type online video application owned by China-primarily based ByteDance, was recently banned in India together with 58 other Chinese apps right after a border clash in between India and China.
Reuters claimed late on Monday that TikTok would exit the Hong Kong sector inside times, determining to do so soon after China’s institution of a sweeping new national stability legislation for the semi-autonomous town.
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