Will TikTok be banned on July 8? Google & Apple urged to remove app Unsplash: Olivier BergeronFCC commissioner Brendan Carr urged Google and Apple to remove TikTok from their app stores over security concerns, but does this mean the app will be banned? Here\u2019s everything you need to know. On June 28, FCC commissioner Brendan Carr addressed a letter to Apple and Google CEOs Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai in which he called for the removal of TikTok from their app stores, following an \u201calarming new report\u201d from BuzzFeed which claimed the app \u201ccollects vast troves of sensitive data about U.S. users\u201d which was then accessed by officials in Beijing. \u201cIt is clear that TikTok poses an unacceptable national security risk due to its extensive data being combined with Beijing\u2019s apparently unchecked access to that data,\u201d he wrote. \u201cBut it is also clear that TikTok\u2019s pattern of conduct and misrepresentations regarding the unfettered access that persons in Beijing have to sensitive U.S. user data \u2026 puts it out of compliance with policies that both of your companies require every app to adhere to as a condition of remaining available on your app stores.\u201d TikTok is not just another video app. That\u2019s the sheep\u2019s clothing.It harvests swaths of sensitive data that new reports show are being accessed in Beijing. I\u2019ve called on @Apple & @Google to remove TikTok from their app stores for its pattern of surreptitious data practices. pic.twitter.com\/Le01fBpNjn \u2014 Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) June 28, 2022 Later in the letter, he stated: \u201cIf you do not remove TikTok from your app stores, please provide separate responses to me by July 8, 2022, explaining the basis for your company\u2019s conclusion that the surreptitious access of private and sensitive U.S. user data by persons located in Beijing, coupled with TikTok\u2019s pattern of misleading representations and conduct, does not run afoul of any of your app store policies.\u201d Carr\u2019s deadline of July 8 has caused some users to speculate that the app could be banned soon, but is this likely to be the case? Is TikTok getting removed? Although it is difficult to predict exactly how this situation will unfold, for the time being, it seems unlikely that TikTok will be removed from app stores. However, we will have to wait for a response from Apple and Google before we know whether they have any plans to remove it. According to Reuters, in a previous response to security concerns, TikTok conceded that China-based employees \u201ccan have access to TikTok U.S. user data subject to a series of robust cybersecurity controls and authorization approval protocols overseen by our U.S.-based security team.\u201d However, they also said they expected \u201cto delete U.S. users\u2019 protected data from our own systems and fully pivot to Oracle cloud servers located in the U.S.\u201d This isn\u2019t the first time TikTok has been in danger of being removed. In 2020, the US attempted to ban the app with an executive order, however, the planned ban for the platform was eventually blocked by a federal judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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