TikTok use by military poses security risk, US regulator testifies

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WASHINGTON - US military members are risking national security with their use of the TikTok social-media service, according to a federal communications regulator who has been pushing for the video-sh

aring app to be removed from online stores.

Mr Carr testified at a House hearing on protecting service members and veterans from fraud and financial scams. TikTok has been questioned by US officials over whether private data on Americans may have been handed over to the authoritarian regime in China. TikTok, owned by ByteDance Ltd, said in a June 30 letter that certain China-based employees can access information from US users, but denied information goes to the Chinese Communist Party.

This month, the social network said certain employees outside the US who clear internal security protocols can access information from American users.

 

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