Congress and Gov. Greg Abbott pointed to TikTok as a threat from the Chinese government.
What does watching a cooking video on your phone have to do with espionage for the Chinese Communist Party? Last week, Congress and Gov., the social media app that has become a hub for comedy videos and lip-syncing teens, as a threat from the Chinese government.to ban the use of the app on state-issued devices.
Earlier this month, FBI Directorthat the app's algorithm recommendations enable China to"manipulate content, and if they want to, to use it for influence operations," per AP News.said she doesn't see the matter of TikTok security as partisan – although when former Prez Donald Trump issued a ban of the app in 2020, some speculated that rising Gen Z political organizing on the app might have been a motivator. But in general, she said, Republicans seem ban-happy.
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