Senate Intel leaders call for FTC probe into TikTok amid alleged 'misrepresentations' on data practices
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By Brian Fung, CNN Top lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee called for a Federal Trade Commission probe of TikTok on Tuesday, amid allegations the social media company has made “repeated misrepresentations” to Congress and others on its data security practices.
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The bipartisan leadership of the Senate Intelligence Committee wants the Biden administration to investigate TikTok over allegations that the social media company has misrepresented how it handles people’s data.
By Brian Fung, CNN Top lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee called for a Federal Trade Commission probe of TikTok on Tuesday, amid allegations the social media company has made “repeated misrepresentations” to Congress and others on its data security practices.
Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mark Warner (D-VA) have called on the FTC to investigate Chinese-owned social media app TikTok and its China-based employees' access to U.S. user data. The Senators believe the Chinese company's "repeated misrepresentations" deserve deep scrutiny by the federal govern…
Their call follows a report saying the short video app permitted TikTok engineers and executives in China to repeatedly access private data of U.S. users.
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