First, while TikTok may be America’s most downloaded app, it’s far from the only Chinese-owned app that Americans use regularly. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Governor Gianforte is asking the state legislature to broaden their plan to “cover social media applications that provide certain data to foreign adversaries.”Īs the furor over TikTok continues, several points provide context. Montana, for instance, is looking at legislation that would ban TikTok in that state. Governors and state legislatures are also considering action. President Biden is said to be considering a complete US ban of the app. While he may have hoped to allay fears about TikTok’s procedures and practices, the hearing quickly turned contentious, and a number of members openly ridiculed his answers to their questions.Ĭongress isn’t alone in sounding the alarm about TikTok, data security, and the app’s impact in the United States. But after an internal investigation from TikTok’s parent company ByteDance found that a number of employees had been taking data from TikTok accounts based in the United States, its CEO, Shou Zi Chew, was asked to testify on Capitol Hill about the app’s data security and privacy practices. TikTok was the most-downloaded app globally last year, boasting nearly ninety million monthly users in the United States alone. Careers, Fellowships, and Internships Open/Closeįour of the ten most-downloaded apps in the United States-across both Apple and Google platforms-are owned by Chinese companies.Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition.Science and Technology Innovation Program.Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative.The Middle East and North Africa Workforce Development Initiative.Kissinger Institute on China and the United States.Nuclear Proliferation International History Project.North Korea International Documentation Project.Environmental Change and Security Program.Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy.
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