Political fallout from the Chinese surveillance balloon controversy could push Congress to pass the No TikTok on United States Devices Act, which would ban the app nationwide.
Former U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis joined ‘Mornings with Maria’ to weigh in on President Biden’s decision to remain silent after directing four shoot-downs of flying objects.
Though Hawley recognized banning TikTok on government devices was a step in the right direction, he said, "now is the time to ban it nationwide to protect the American people." "TikTok poses a threat to all Americans who have the app on their devices. It opens the door for the Chinese Communist Party to access Americans’ personal information, keystrokes, and location through aggressive data harvesting," Hawley said in a statement on Jan. 25 before the spy balloon controversy.
to use U.S. user data for intelligence or military purposes, including surveillance, microtargeting, deepfakes, or blackmail; and ongoing efforts by the Chinese government to monitor or manipulate Americans using data accessed via TikTok. But a spokesperson for TikTok, Brooke Oberwetter, told USA Today that the app doesn't access users' emails, follow keystrokes or track websites visited by users through their browsers outside the app. She also claimed TikTok doesn't access users' photos, videos or contacts unless the user allows it.
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