November 4, 2022
FCC Commish Calls for TikTok Ban Over Data Concerns – Report
[ad_1] The head of the Federal Communications Commission is urging Congress to ban TikTok in the U.S. over national security concerns.According to a CNN report on Thursday (Nov. 3), FCC commissioner Brendan Carr wants TikTok to discontinue operating in the U.S. due to concerns about data harvesting. Several news stories this year about the popular video-sharing app's handling of U.S. users' data have left Carr with "little confidence there's a path forward," he reportedly told CNN in a phone interview on Tuesday (Nov. 1)."Perhaps the deal CFIUS (The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) ends up cutting is an amazing, airtight deal, but at this point I have a very,...