{"id":1741902,"date":"2022-11-17T06:30:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T11:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1741902"},"modified":"2022-11-17T07:48:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T12:48:08","slug":"fbi-director-wray-warns-about-threat-posed-by-tiktoks-connection-to-chinese-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-director-wray-warns-about-threat-posed-by-tiktoks-connection-to-chinese-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Director Wray Warns About \u201cThreat\u201d Posed by TikTok\u2019s Connection to Chinese Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-director-wray-warns-about-threat-posed-by-tiktoks-connection-to-chinese-govt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1741902&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/90-81\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\">FBI<\/a><br \/>\n <span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">D<\/span>irector<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christopher-wray\">Christopher Wray<\/a><br \/>\n warned about the \u201cthreat\u201d posed by Chinese companies such as<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiktok\">TikTok<\/a><br \/>\n due to the sway that Beijing\u2019s government has over them.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is conducting a security review of the popular video-sharing social media app, and Wray was<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?524098-1\/homeland-security-secretary-testifies-global-terror-threats\">asked<\/a><br \/>\n Tuesday what was currently being done to investigate<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\">Chinese Communist Party<\/a><br \/>\n involvement with TikTok. Although the FBI chief said he was limited in discussing \u201ca specific ongoing investigation,\u201d he nevertheless wanted to discuss two \u201cvery important threats\u201d posed by Chinese tech companies.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<br \/>\u201cOne, of course, something we\u2019re all concerned about, which is the threat to our youth online,\u201d Wray said. \u201cBut the second is the threat specifically from the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party, and the ways their laws are used as an aggressive weapon against companies \u2014 both U.S. companies and Chinese companies.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/biden-pentagon-official-joins-tiktok-amid-review-chinese-app\">BIDEN PENTAGON OFFICIAL JOINS TIKTOK AMID REVIEW OF CHINESE APP<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>The FBI director continued: \u201cUnder Chinese law, Chinese companies are required to essentially, and I\u2019m going to shorthand here, basically do whatever the Chinese government wants them to in terms of sharing information or serving as a tool of the Chinese government. And so that\u2019s plenty of reason by itself to be extremely concerned.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Beijing-based company that has<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/tiktok-spent-more-than-1-million-summer-2022\"> links to the Chinese government<\/a><br \/>\n. Shou Zi Chew, who simultaneously served as the CFO of ByteDance until November 2021, began serving as CEO for TikTok in April 2021,<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/tiktok-picks-ceo-linked-blacklisted-chinese-companies-deemed-national-security-threats-us\">solidifying the influence of the Chinese parent company<\/a><br \/>\n over the app.\n<\/p>\n<p>ByteDance and TikTok have repeatedly claimed they have not and would not turn over TikTok user data to the Chinese government, but national security experts have raised concerns about China\u2019s 2017 national intelligence law, which requires all Chinese companies to assist Chinese intelligence services when asked.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government was<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221116171459\/https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/2511_665403\/202211\/t20221116_10976372.html\">furious<\/a><br \/>\n about Wray\u2019s comments.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpreading disinformation and then using it to hobble Chinese companies has become a go-to tool used by the U.S. government. China is firmly against this,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Thursday. \u201cThe U.S. should act more responsibly, and take more credible steps to respect and observe the international rules that emphasize fairness, openness, and non-discrimination.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>It comes after ByteDance<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/tiktok-spent-more-than-1-million-summer-2022\">spent $1 million on lobbying<\/a><br \/>\n from July to September, and TikTok itself reported spending another $110,000 in the third quarter of 2022. TikTok has<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/tiktok-lobbyists-gop-and-democrat-senators-congressmen-staffers\">put together a large lobbying team<\/a><br \/>\n made up of one-time lawmakers and former congressional staffers from both parties to try to shield the company.\n<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI)<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/11\/10\/marco-rubio-ban-tiktok-america-china-mike-gallagher\/\">wrote<\/a><br \/>\n last week that \u201cTikTok is a major threat to U.S. national security. Yet Biden is encouraging greater engagement with the platform by directly courting TikTok influencers. Furthermore, reports suggest that he is nearing a deal that would authorize TikTok\u2019s continued operation in the United States without any change in ownership.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless TikTok and its algorithm can be separated from Beijing, the app\u2019s use in the United States will continue to jeopardize our country\u2019s safety and pave the way for a Chinese-influenced tech landscape here,\u201d Rubio and Gallagher said. \u201cThis is why we\u2019re introducing legislation which would ban TikTok and other social media companies that are effectively controlled by the CCP from operating in the United States.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>Numerous U.S. government officials, including John Demers, the former assistant attorney general at the DOJ\u2019s National Security Division, have asserted that<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/top-doj-official-outlines-national-security-risks-posed-by-tiktok-and-other-chinese-apps\">TikTok poses a national security threat<\/a><br \/>\n, and the Pentagon, other government agencies, and a host of organizations have banned employees from using the app.\n<\/p>\n<p>TikTok\u2019s privacy policy still<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/legal\/privacy-policy-us?lang=en\">makes it clear<\/a><br \/>\n that it &#8220;may share all of the information we collect&#8221; with ByteDance. The company says that information may include \u201cbiometric information,\u201d such as \u201cfaceprints and voiceprints.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Director Christopher Wray warned about the \u201cthreat\u201d posed by Chinese companies such as TikTok due to the sway that Beijing\u2019s government has over them. 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