{"id":1839142,"date":"2023-02-08T06:05:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1839142"},"modified":"2023-02-08T06:07:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T11:07:39","slug":"biden-says-hes-not-sure-about-tiktok-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-hes-not-sure-about-tiktok-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Says He\u2019s Not Sure About TikTok Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fbiden-says-hes-not-sure-about-tiktok-ban%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=1839142&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-->\n<p>President Joe Biden did not say if he would. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ban\">ban<\/a> TikTok, an app for short video that is owned by China, has been the subject of intense scrutiny due to national security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure. I know I don\u2019t have it on my phone,\u201d Biden said on Feb. 6, in response to a reporter\u2019s question about TikTok after returning to Washington from a weekend retreat at Camp David.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok is one of America&#8217;s most downloaded apps, with an estimated 1.5 billion people worldwide. There are growing concerns about its relationship with ByteDance, a Chinese firm.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Wray, FBI director in December, said that Chinese ownership could give control to the recommendation algorithm to the Chinese Communist Party. This could allow them to manipulate content or carry out influence operations. Additionally, the app could be used to collect data by the regime. \u201cmillions of devices,\u201d Which \u201cgives them the ability to engage in different kinds of malicious cyber activity,\u201d He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/fbi-director-warns-china-could-use-tiktok-for-influence-operations-surveillance-on-americans_4901577.html\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of these things are in the hands of a government that doesn\u2019t share our values and that has a mission that\u2019s very much at odds with what\u2019s in the best interest of the United States. That should concern us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a June letter (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackburn.senate.gov\/services\/files\/A5027CD8-73DE-4571-95B0-AA7064F707C1\">PDF<\/a>TikTok, a Chinese-based employee recruitment company, admitted to lawmakers \u201chave 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 The Chinese staff will also be allowed to access the website. \u201ca narrow, nonsensitive set of TikTok U.S. user data\u201d To \u201censure global interoperability.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5007913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/TikTok-logo-1200x800-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-large wp-image-5007913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/TikTok-logo-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"TikTok logo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5007913\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/TikTok-logo-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"TikTok logo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> The TikTok logo can be seen in Tokyo, Sept. 28, 2020. (Kiichiro Sato\/AP Photo)<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/tiktok-an-invasive-tool-for-beijing-lawmakers-warn-of-threat-after-report-shows-us-data-accessed-in-china_4548511.html\">Previously Recordings leaked<\/a> As recently as January last year, indicate that Chinese engineers had repeatedly accessed U.S. information.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok, for its part, has stated that it will not provide user data to China&#8217;s regime. This is despite American user data being stored on servers located in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>These revelations have triggered bipartisan concern in the United States. Officials from the United States engage in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-admins-reported-tiktok-security-agreement-is-a-bad-deal-rubio_4778388.html\">Negotiations ongoing<\/a> Sen. Mark Warner (D. Virginia), who is the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee and has recently joined the platform for data security. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/sen-warner-expresses-grave-concerns-over-tiktoks-national-security-risk_5032195.html\">Forwarded<\/a> the Biden administration to accelerate the progress in assessing the threat posed by TikTok\u2019s data collection, saying his \u201cpatience is running thin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though TikTok has said that\u2019s not the case, there have been constant examples where it has been proven that Chinese engineers are still getting access to that data,\u201d Warner spoke in a Fox Business interview, February 2. This is a significant statement. \u201cevery company in China now has to owe its first allegiance, not to shareholders or customers, but to the communist party,\u201d He stated, \u201cthe ability to use this as a misinformation or propaganda piece is huge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ex-President Donald Trump, August 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-orders-ban-on-transactions-with-tiktok-wechat-parent-companies_3453289.html\">ordered<\/a> A ban on TikTok, and the Chinese social media app WeChat was implemented by the Biden administration in June 2021.https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-admin-revokes-trump-orders-to-ban-tiktok-will-conduct-own-review_3851268.html&#8221;>rescinded<\/a> The decision was reaffirmed by an independent review.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 30 states have voted to ban TikTok on their government devices.https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/two-more-us-states-issue-tiktok-bans-for-security-reasons_4934616.html&#8221;>Louisiana, West Virginia<\/a>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/gov-greg-abbott-announces-plan-to-ban-tiktok-from-texas-government-devices_5037284.html\">Texas<\/a>. Federal level <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/tiktok-ban-included-in-congressional-omnibus-bill_4935925.html\">A $1.65 trillion spending bill<\/a> Decree passed also banned the app from government devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe security risks associated with the use of TikTok on devices used to conduct the important business of our state must not be underestimated or ignored,\u201d Texas Governor. Greg Abbott, in a February 6, statement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOwned by a Chinese company that employs Chinese Communist Party members, TikTok harvests significant amounts of data from a user\u2019s device, including details about a user\u2019s internet activity.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden did not say if he would. ban TikTok, an app for short video that is owned by China, has been the subject of intense scrutiny due to national security concerns. \u201cI\u2019m not sure. I know I don\u2019t have it on my phone,\u201d Biden said on Feb. 6, in response to a reporter\u2019s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1839145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[7008,3620,5599,6248],"class_list":["post-1839142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-ban","tag-biden","tag-hes","tag-tiktok"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1839142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1839145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1839142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1839142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}