FBI Director Wray addresses concerns about TikTok and national security

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FBI Director Chris Wray recently raised national security concerns about TikTok, warning that the Chinese government, which does not share American values, controls the app.

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The Associated Press reports that during a speech at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Wray said the Chinese government may use the app to collect personal information about US users - information that could be used for malicious purposes. "All of these things are in the hands of a government that doesn't share our values," Wray said, "and has a mission that's completely at odds with what's in the best interests of the United States. That should concern us."

The A.P. notes that President Donald Trump's administration tried to ban TikTok two years ago and that current US officials are in talks with the app's parent company Bytedance about solutions to US security concerns.

TikTok acknowledged working with the United States in a statement to the A.P. :

"As Director Wray has previously said, the FBI's input is considered as part of our ongoing negotiations with the US government," TikTok spokeswoman Brooke Oberwetter said in a statement. press release sent by e-mail. "While we cannot comment on the details of these confidential discussions, we are confident that we are on track to fully satisfy all reasonable national security concerns of the United States and have already made significant progress in implementing implementation of these solutions."

Like the A.P. As mentioned, TikTok has already responded to questions about US security concerns, with COO Vanessa Pappas telling the US Senate last September that it will "never share data, period."

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