TikTok enters 2023 facing deepening doubts in Washington about its future in the U.S.
Without a plan sanctioned by U.S. national security officials, TikTok does not have a bulletproof story to tell lawmakers about how it keeps U.S. users' data safe."We have been working with CFIUS for over two years to address all reasonable national security concerns about TikTok in the U.S.," TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter told Axios in a statement.
"The solution under consideration by CFIUS is a comprehensive package of measures with layers of government and independent oversight to address concerns about TikTok content recommendation and access to U.S. user data — measures well beyond what any peer company is doing today," Oberwetter said.some legislators are growing impatient with the CFIUS process and begun taking their own action.Sen. Marco Rubio with a bipartisan House counterpart from Reps.
Those moves on the Hill put more pressure on CFIUS negotiators to work out a deal that's airtight and won't anger lawmakers.More than a dozen state governments have banned the app on government-issued devices. At least 22 states have taken some sort of action on TikTok since 2020, TikTok's Oberwetter said such bans "do nothing to advance cybersecurity in their states and are based on unfounded falsehoods about TikTok."
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