Senators Warned of China Spying Efforts Through TikTok

The intelligence community gave a classified briefing to the United State Senate on China’s spy potential through TikTok this week, with one lawmaker telling Axios that China’s ability was “shocking.”

Wednesday’s briefing given by officials from the FBI, Justice Department, and the Director of National Intelligence detailed the ease with which China is able to access and track data of Americans through the popular app, Axios reported.

The Senate is mulling what to do with a bill, passed last week by the House, that would force ByteDance, the China-based parent company of TikTok, to sell it off to a U.S. company or face a ban.

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