TikTok responds after FBI labels platform \u201cnational security concern\u201d Unsplash.com: Alexander ShatovA TikTok spokesperson has responded after FBI Chief Chris Wray labeled the platform a national security concern in a Tuesday hearing at Congress. TikTok continues to face scrutiny from officials in the United States, as FBI Chief Chris Wray cited worries about the platform during a Congressional hearing on Tuesday, November 15. During the hearing, Wray cited concerns that TikTok could be used to control software on users\u2019 devices, as well as the site\u2019s algorithm, among other proposed issues. \u201cWe do have national security concerns, obviously from the FBI\u2019s end, about TikTok,\u201d Wray said. \u201cThey include the possibility that the Chinese government could use it to control data collection on millions of users, or control the recommendation algorithm which could be used for influence operations if they so choose, or to control software on millions of devices.\u201d TikTok spokesperson responds to FBI security concerns As per reports from Reuters, a TikTok spokesperson has since responded to Wray\u2019s comments, stating that the platform is continuing its negotiations with the American government. \u201cAs Director Wray specified in his remarks, the FBI\u2019s input is being considered as part of our ongoing negotiations with the U.S. Government,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cWhile we can\u2019t comment on the specifics of those confidential discussions, we are confident that we are on a path to fully satisfy all reasonable U.S. national security concerns.\u201d Wray\u2019s statement follows previous remarks from FCC commissioner Brendan Carr in June 2022, who called for the popular video-sharing app to be banned in the United States due to security concerns. \u201cTikTok collects everything from search and browsing histories to keystroke patterns and biometric identifiers, including faceprints \u2014 which researchers have said might be used in unrelated facial recognition technology \u2014 and voiceprints,\u201d Wray said. For now, the app continues to be one of the most popular social platforms in the world, having crushed search results in 2021 \u2014 even beating out Google.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTok responds after FBI labels platform \u201cnational security concern\u201d Unsplash.com: Alexander ShatovA TikTok spokesperson has responded after FBI Chief Chris Wray labeled the platform a national security concern in a Tuesday hearing at Congress. TikTok continues to face scrutiny from officials in the United States, as FBI Chief Chris Wray cited worries about the platform […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}