Apple and Google should boot TikTok from their app stores, Democratic senator urges
Summary
Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) speaks on a mobile phone after a vote the day after the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 25, 2022. The request from Bennet, who sits on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, highlights both the growing concern over TikToks potential national security risks and the power of Apple and Google have to decide the sort of apps to which Americans can access. Bennet told the CEOs of both firms that TikTok is unique from other social media platforms because of its China-based parent company ByteDance, which under Chinese law would be required to hand over internal data to the government to assist in intelligence work. "These obvious risks render TikTok, in its current form, an unacceptable threat to the national security of the United States." Bennet also cited a recent Forbes article describing TikToks practice of "heating" or boosting select videos to help them go viral.
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