Beijing warned on Wednesday that a proposed ban on Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok would “inevitably come back to bite the United States”. Ahead of the vote, foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin condemned the proposed ban. “Although the United States has never found evidence that TikTok threatens US national security, it has not stopped suppressing TikTok,” he said. TikTok staunchly denies any ties to the Chinese government and has restructured the company so the data of US users stays in the country, the company says. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is in Washington, trying to shore up support to stop the bill.

Source: Punch March 13, 2024 20:51 UTC