TikTok CEO says Biden sale demand won't solve security worries: WSJ

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TikTok's CEO says demands from the Biden administration for its Chinese owners to sell up won't solve security fears in the US

Chew said that's because TikTok is proposing to spend billions on storing American users' data in the US by partnering with Oracle. That would also prevent any Chinese influence over which TikToks US users see, per the WSJ.

"I do welcome feedback on what other risk we are talking about that is not addressed by this," Chew told the newspaper. "So far I haven't heard anything that cannot actually be solved by this [his plan for US data storage.]"but now officials are threatening a full-scale ban on the short form-video app for all citizens if its Chinese stakeholders don't divest.

Governments around the world are worried that the fact TikTok is Chinese-owned means the Chinese government could access sensitive data, but a spokesperson for the app says bans"have been based on misplaced fears and seemingly driven by wider geopolitics." The company has launched"Project Texas," as well as"Project Clover" in Europe, to try to convince legislators that it wouldn't hand over users' data to the Chinese government. Those efforts have so far been unsuccessful.

 

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