Mike Pence said the United States “will continue to take a firm stand” on the Chinese entities.
US Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday that the United States “will continue to take a firm stand” on Chinese entities that threaten American security, including the social media application TikTok.
Pence made the remark in an interview with Fox News Channel a day after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States is considering banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, suggesting that it shared information with the Chinese government, an accusation that TikTok has denied.
Pence, citing Washington’s firm position against Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technologies, said that President Donald Trump had made it clear that his administration would defend the United States.
interests “to be compromised by the Chinese Communist Party.”
“So those entities, be it Huawei and maybe even TikTok, that pose a threat to the privacy and security of the country, we will continue to take a firm stand,” said Pence, the US lawmaker said. TikTok processed the user data, expressing concern over Chinese laws requiring domestic companies to “support and cooperate with intelligence activities controlled by the Chinese Communist Party”.
The Federal Trade Commission and the United States Department of Justice are investigating allegations that the abbreviated video app owned by Chinese company ByteDance has violated a 2019 agreement to protect the privacy of children, two people interviewed by the agencies.
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