Two senior US senators call for the US government to study national security risks possibly posed by Chinese-owned video app TikTok, saying it could leave American users vulnerable to Beijing's spying.
SECURITY RISK. In this file photo taken on December 14, 2018 a photo taken in Paris shows the logo of the application TikTok. Photo by Joel Saget/AFP
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Senator Tom Cotton asked the Directorate of National Intelligence to"conduct an assessment of the national security risks" posed by TikTok. It could also conceivably offer Beijing's spies a backdoor into users' smartphones and computers, similar to allegations against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.
The senators also warned it could potentially be used to influence voters in next year's election in the same way Russians manipulated US social media in the 2016 campaign.
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