TikTok Data Collection Is National Security Threat, DOJ Says
- US says ties between TikTok and China must be severed
- TikTok says the divest or ban law violates free speech
Signage at the TikTok Inc. offices in Singapore.
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The US Justice Department said TikTok collected user information on sensitive topics, making it a national security threat that justifies a law to ban the popular social-media app in the US if its China-based parent company ByteDance Ltd. doesn’t divest.
The popular social media app could be compelled to share the user information with China, which could also censor or influence content seen by Americans, the Justice Department said in court filings late Friday.