WASHINGTON: US national security officials will hold a closed-door briefing on Wednesday for senators on the Commerce and Intelligence committees on threats posed by Chinese-owned short video app TikTok, a committee aide told Reuters on Monday.
TikTok says it has spent more than US$1.5 billion on the effort to protect US data and house it in the United States. The briefing is expected to include the FBI, Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Justice Department and will cover national security threats posed by foreign adversaries' exploitation of Americans' data, including by TikTok, and associated legislation, the aide said.The House voted 352-65 on the TikTok crackdown bill, just eight days after the proposal was introduced.
"We'll probably have a better idea in a week what we think the options are," Cantwell told Reuters."Of course we want the strongest possible tool."
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