Last year, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton called for the intelligence community to assess the risk TikTok may pose to national security. Concerning security flawsAn alarming technical report about TikTok this year has only added to the concerns about its security, though experts say there is an important distinction between identifying individual security gaps and labeling something a threat to national security. "TikTok is committed to protecting user data," TikTok said in a statement at the time of the disclosure. TikTok could become a major platform for misleading speech, policymakers and security experts fear. Reports have already found In addition to restricting some speech,TikTok could become a major platform for misleading speech, policymakers and security experts fear.

Source: CNN July 09, 2020 10:30 UTC