FCC Commissioner Calls for Ban on China-Owned TikTok

FCC commissioner calls for TikTok ban - Local News 8

By Brian Fung, CNNThe US government should ban TikTok rather than come to a national security agreement with the social media app that might allow it to continue operating in the United States, according to Brendan Carr, a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission.A string of news reports this year about TikTok’s handling of US user data has left Carr with “little confidence there’s a path forward,” he told CNN in a phone interview T…

FCC commissioner calls for TikTok ban

The US government should ban TikTok rather than come to a national security agreement with the social media app that might allow it to continue operating in the United States, according to Brendan Carr, a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Calls for Ban on China's TikTok

FCC commissioner Brendan Carr is calling for the popular Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok to be banned in the United States over privacy concerns. Even Democrats are voicing concerns over Tiktok, with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) saying, "This is not something you would normally hear me say, but Donald Trump was right on TikTok years ago."

FCC commissioner urges US government to ban TikTok

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr discussed concerns about Americans' data on TikTok being sent back to Beijing. "I don’t believe there is a path forward for anything other than a ban."

Commissioner for federal regulator says US should ban Chinese-owned TikTok

‘I don’t believe there is a path forward for anything other than a ban’

FCC Commissioner Calls on Federal Government to Ban TikTok

The commissioner of the Federal Communication Commission wants the Biden administration to ban TikTok.The agency cited concerns about how the Chinese-owned social media platform uses data collected from American users.Brendan Carr is one of the five commissioners at the FCC. He told Axios that it was imperative that the Council on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) intervene to address serious national security concerns.“I don’t believe ther…