China on Thursday accused the Biden administration of spreading disinformation and suppressing TikTok following reports that it asked ByteDance, Ltd., the Chinese owner of the popular social media platform, to sell its stake in the app. blamed the United States.
Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters that the United States has not presented any evidence that TikTok threatens national security, and has used data security as an excuse to abuse its powers to suppress foreign companies. said to be using
“The United States must stop spreading data security misinformation and suppressing relevant companies and provide an open, fair and non-discriminatory environment for foreign companies to invest and do business in the United States. There is,” said Wenbin.
The Wall Street Journal, citing “people familiar with the matter,” reported that the Treasury Department’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States was threatening to ban the app. Unless ByteDance is sold.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin answers questions during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on Aug. 8, 2022. (AFP via Noel Celis/Getty Images)
The Treasury Department declined to comment on the matter.
Earlier this month, U.S. National Security Agency Director Paul Nakasone warned about Tiktok’s data collection and algorithms and “control over who has the algorithms.”
TikTok spokeswoman Maureen Shanahan said in an email to FOX Business, “If your goal is to protect national security, then divesting won’t solve the problem. Even if ownership changes, data flow and access will not go away.” No new restrictions will be imposed on
App for TikTok on phone screen on Thursday March 16, 2023. (Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images)
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According to Shanahan, the social media app has already addressed concerns by “transparently protecting U.S. user data and systems on a U.S. basis with strong third-party oversight, review, and verification.” It is said that
The TikTok logo on a smartphone placed in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Thursday, March 9, 2023. (Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
