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US Officials Warn Americans Against Using TikTok

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   STATE DEPARTMENT - U.S. officials and lawmakers are warning Americans
   against using Tiktok, a popular video-sharing application owned by
   Chinese parent company ByteDance, citing privacy and security concerns.

   U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that Washington has
   been "engaged in a constant evaluation" to protect the privacy of
   American citizens and U.S. national security, when asked whether the
   U.S. is considering banning TikTok.

   "We want to make sure that the Chinese Communist Party doesn't have a
   way to easily access" U.S. citizens' data, Pompeo told reporters during
   a news briefing at the State Department. "So what you'll see the
   administration do is take actions that preserve and protect that
   information and deny the Chinese Communist Party access to the private
   information that belongs to Americans."

   Pompeo's comments came the same week FBI Director Christopher Wray
   called China's acts of espionage and theft the "greatest threat" to the
   future of the United States. He said the bureau opens a China-related
   counterintelligence case every 10 hoursand has more than 2,000 active
   cases under way.

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