A top FCC official wants Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores.
In a letter posted to Twitter, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr claimed the popular video app is secretly harvesting sensitive data that is being accessed in Beijing.
TikTok is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance and has faced heavy scrutiny from U.S. regulators. In 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump attempted to ban the social media platform, but the order got held up in court. During the first few months after Trump left office, newly-elected President Joe Biden signed an order that revoked the previous President’s attempt to ban TikTok.
After more investigation, the new FCC Commissioner of the Biden Administration, Carr insinuated that the app is a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing.’
TikTok is not just another video app.
That’s the sheep’s clothing.It harvests swaths of sensitive data that new reports show are being accessed in Beijing.
I’ve called on @Apple & @Google to remove TikTok from their app stores for its pattern of surreptitious data practices. pic.twitter.com/Le01fBpNjn
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) June 28, 2022
