{"id":2196656,"date":"2024-03-11T16:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T20:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/director-of-national-intelligence-includes-chinas-tiktok-among-its-top-threats-to-national-security\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T16:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T20:10:33","slug":"director-of-national-intelligence-includes-chinas-tiktok-among-its-top-threats-to-national-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/director-of-national-intelligence-includes-chinas-tiktok-among-its-top-threats-to-national-security\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s TikTok listed as a major national security threat by Director of National Intelligence"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fdirector-of-national-intelligence-includes-chinas-tiktok-among-its-top-threats-to-national-security%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=2196656&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--><h2>The Office of \u2064the Director of National Intelligence Raises Concerns \u2062About TikTok<\/h2>\n<p>The Office of the Director of National \u2062Intelligence (ODNI) has included TikTok, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gabriella-hoffman-tiktok-bans-to-protecting-farmland-how-the-ccp-is-being-put-on-notice\/\" title=\"Gabriella Hoffman: TikTok Bans to Protecting Farmland: How The CCP is Being Put On Notice\">popular social media platform owned<\/a> \u200dby the Chinese Communist Party-controlled company \u200cByteDance, in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-military-report-uncovers-beijings-efforts-to-undermine-texas-land-sale-bill\/\" title=\"US Military Report Exposes Beijing's Plot Against Texas Land Sale Bill\">annual threat \u2063assessment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This news comes at \u2064a crucial time \u2064as House Members are preparing to vote on legislation that would require TikTok&#8217;s parent company to sell the app or face a ban in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok, in a desperate attempt to stop the legislation, resorted to sending push notifications \u200dto its users, \u2064urging them to call and harass their congressional representatives to prevent the bill\u2064 from\u200c passing. However, Members of \u2062Congress saw through this manipulative tactic and\u200d unanimously \u2064voted\u200d 50-0 to move the legislation forward for a full vote in the House on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The unclassified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/ODNI\/documents\/assessments\/ATA-2024-Unclassified-Report.pdf\">report<\/a> released by the \u200bODNI provides insights from the Intelligence Community (IC) and focuses on the most significant threats to\u2064 the United States in the \u2064coming year.<\/p>\n<h3>China&#8217;s Threats to the United States<\/h3>\n<p>The report highlights the various \u200cthreats posed by communist China to the United States, including economic, technological, weapons of mass destruction, military, space, cyber, intelligence operations, and malign influence operations.<\/p>\n<p>One \u200carea \u200cof concern is\u200c China&#8217;s malign influence operations, where it aims to sow doubts \u2064about U.S. leadership, undermine democracy, and extend its influence. \u200bBeijing primarily uses information operations to \u2063promote \u2063pro-China narratives, counter U.S.-promoted\u2064 narratives, and challenge policies that threaten its interests.<\/p>\n<p>China is also exploiting social media to exploit perceived divisions within\u200d American society, causing chaos and discord among its citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The report reveals \u2064that China is becoming increasingly sophisticated \u200bin its influence activities, even experimenting \u2063with generative \u200dAI.\u200b It \u200cstates that\u2064 TikTok\u2062 accounts, allegedly run by a PRC propaganda arm,\u2063 targeted candidates\u2062 from both political parties during the 2022 \u2062U.S. midterm election cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the\u2064 report warns that China is\u200c likely to interfere \u2064in the \u20642024 elections to sideline critics and exacerbate societal divisions in the United\u200c States.<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s covert influence operations and dissemination of disinformation have \u2063grown, and even \u2062if Beijing sets limits \u2062on these \u2063activities, \u2062individuals not under its direct supervision may still attempt election influence activities aligned with China&#8217;s goals.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What legislation is currently being considered by Congress to address the national security\u200b risks associated with TikTok, and how does\u2063 it aim to \u200cmitigate these risks<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Of Congress remain concerned about\u200d the potential\u200d national security\u200d risks posed by TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>The ODNI, responsible for \u200dcoordinating intelligence efforts across various government agencies, has outlined its\u2064 concerns regarding\u200c TikTok in its \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-remains-americas-unparalleled-priority-amid-beijings-increasing-aggression-dni-haines\/\" title=\"China Remains America\u2019s \u2018Unparalleled Priority\u2019 Amid Beijing\u2019s Increasing Aggression: DNI Haines\">annual threat assessment report<\/a>. The report highlights the potential for TikTok to collect vast amounts of personal data on American citizens, including location information, browsing habits,\u2062 and even biometric data. This data \u2062collection raises concerns about privacy and national security.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a company\u200d controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, further \u200dcompounds these \u2062concerns. There are fears that the Chinese government could leverage TikTok&#8217;s vast data \u2062collection\u2063 capabilities for nefarious purposes, such as surveillance, espionage, or the spread\u2064 of propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>These concerns \u200bhave prompted House Members \u200dto take\u200b action. Legislation is\u200b currently being considered that \u200cwould require\u2064 ByteDance \u200cto sell TikTok or face a\u200d ban in the United States. The goal of this legislation\u200b is to mitigate the potential national\u2064 security risks associated with the platform.<\/p>\n<p>In response to these efforts,\u2064 TikTok has resorted \u200bto desperate measures. The company has sent push notifications to \u200bits users, urging\u2062 them to call and harass\u200c their congressional representatives to prevent the \u2063bill \u200cfrom passing. This approach underscores the urgency and significance of the \u2062concerns raised by the ODNI.<\/p>\n<p>While TikTok\u200d may \u200dbe a \u200cpopular platform among American users, it is crucial to prioritize national security and safeguard the \u2063privacy\u200d of American citizens. The potential \u2062risks associated with TikTok \u200bcannot \u200bbe ignored or downplayed.\u200c It is essential for Congress\u200b to enact legislation that\u200b properly addresses these concerns and ensures the protection of\u2063 national security interests.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the inclusion \u200cof TikTok in the ODNI&#8217;s annual threat\u2064 assessment report\u200d underscores the significant concerns surrounding the platform. The potential\u2062 for\u2063 data collection and the\u200c ownership by a company controlled by the Chinese\u2064 Communist Party raises valid concerns about national security and privacy. \u2063It is imperative\u2062 for Congress to act and address \u200bthese concerns through appropriate legislation\u2063 to safeguard \u200cthe\u2064 interests of the \u2062United \u200dStates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok, owned by China&#8217;s ByteDance, was mentioned in the annual threat assessment by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. This coincides with House Members voting on a bill that could compel ByteDance to sell TikTok or risk a ban in the U.S<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2196657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/TikTok-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2196656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/TikTok-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196656","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2196656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2196656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2196657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2196656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2196656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2196656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}