During back-to-back Senate and House Intelligence Committee hearings this week, FBI Director Christopher Wray led the way in warning about the “national security concerns” posed by TikTok. JohnRatcliffe's office, the CIA, the NSA, and the DIA agreed.
if the Chinese Communist Party could use TikTok to access the data on millions of users through its control of ByteDance, if China could potentially control the software on millions of devices, and if China could use TikTok to drive narratives to attempt to divide Americans or to push anti-Taiwan sentiment.
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’s 2017 national intelligence law, which requires all Chinese companies to assist Chinese intelligence services when asked.
DNI Avril Haines testified Thursday that “I do share the concerns” Wray had highlighted, and CIA Director William Burns said, “I absolutely share the concerns” as well. NSA Director Paul Nakasone said that “one-third of Americans get their news from TikTok” and called that “a loaded gun.” DIA Director Scott Berrier added that “I agree with everything that has been said here.
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