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FBI Director Christopher Wray sounded the alarm over the ‘national security concern’ posed by TikTok as the platform faces a ban in the US.
While influencers panic over potentially losing their favorite app, the intelligence chief warned that users should be concerned that their data is being filtered to the ‘Chinese intelligence services.’
‘TikTok, for us, represents a national security concern,’ Wray told NBC Nightly News’ Lester Holt. ‘The reason I say that is TikTok’s parent company is beholden to the Chinese government.’
Wray’s stark warning came after Congress passed a potential TikTok ban as part of a wider set of foreign aid legislation, with the platform now forced to divest from its Chinese-based parent company ByteDance within nine months, or face a total ban.