WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice and FBI are investigating TikTok, including previously disclosed allegations that company employees spied on journalists, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the matter said Friday.
The investigation is being conducted by Justice Department prosecutors in Washington and in the Eastern District of Virginia, along with the FBI, the officials said.In response, a ByteDance spokesperson told NBC,"We have strongly condemned the actions of the individuals found to have been involved, and they are no longer employed at ByteDance. Our internal investigation is still ongoing, and we will cooperate with any official investigations when brought to us.
The federal investigation into ByteDance comes as concern over the security threats to Americans related to TikTok has intensified this week. The Biden administration has threatened a potential ban on the popular social media app in the U.S. if its Chinese owners refuse to sell their stakes in it, a source close to the company told NBC News on Thursday. That came after U.S. intelligence officials expressed concerns that China can use TikTok to spy on Americans or influence U.S. public opinion.
Asked what message the White House is sending to TikTok users in the U.S., press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Thursday,"We’ve expressed concerns over China’s potential use of software platforms that could endanger or threaten America’s safety and their national security. So that is the president’s concern. That is why we have called on Congress to take action."
Jean-Pierre reiterated that a group of federal agencies are currently conducting a review of TikTok's software.
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Late to the party NBC. Tucker exposed that long ago.
'So wild are the extremes in Washington DC on how to deal with TikTok; on the same day back in September, Biden appeared in a TikTok video while TikTok CEO Vanessa Pappas appeared before the Senate Homeland Security Committee testifying on data security.'
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sevenbowie More lies. They can't control what we say on TicTok.
roflmfao; the only reason they are pissed is because they can't access the data. They didn't/don't have any problem when FB, Twitter, Google, and Microsoft gives them access to any of their data. Tik Tok should have already been banned. And then we deal with the DOJ, and the FBI.
Ludacris.
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