US House approves bill that could ban TikTok in the country.
Attack against the app in the US is motivated by political and commercial reasons, believes a Russian expert.
Sputnik Brazil - The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approved on Thursday (7) a bill that could ban TikTok in the United States if its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, fails to meet certain requirements within six months.
There were 40 votes in favor to approve the law banning apps controlled by foreign adversaries, proposed by US representatives Mike Gallagher and Raja Krishnamoorthi, to deal with what they define as threats from platforms like TikTok.
The attack against the app in the US is motivated by political and commercial reasons, believes a Russian expert. Several American states have already banned the video platform from government devices. However, since January of this year, the state of Montana has completely banned TikTok. The impact of the Chinese app on national security has been a topic in the US House of Representatives.
Members of Parliament questioned TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about the possibility of the app collecting personal data, as well as potential ties between the app's owner, the Chinese company ByteDance, and the Chinese government.
He has repeatedly assured authorities that personal data is highly secure and has also refuted claims that the platform poses a threat to U.S. national security.
The head of TikTok also indicated that the company stores the data of American users on servers belonging to the US company Oracle, with 100% of user traffic in the US passing through infrastructure controlled by the American company and the Department of Defense.