Two senators call for FTC probe into TikTok over U.S. data access

Senators call on FTC Chair Khan to investigate TikTok’s data security practices

Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeFederal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan is facing new pressure from top Senate Intelligence leaders to investigate TikTok after new reports that the company shares US data with China-based workers. In a letter to Khan on Tuesday, Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), Senate Intelligence Committee leaders, called on the FTC to open an investigation into TikTok’s data security practices. The call …

Senators Warner, Rubio Calling for Investigation of China's Access to Data of US TikTok Users

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the top Republican member of the panel, are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to mount a formal investigation of the relationship between China and the owner of social media giant TikTok. “We write in response to public reports that individuals in the People’s Republic of China [PRC] have been accessing data on U.S. users, in contravention o…

Marco Rubio, Mark Warner Call for FTC Probe into China's Access to American TikTok User Data

Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Mark Warner (D-VA)  have called on the FTC to investigate Chinese-owned social media app TikTok and its China-based employees' access to U.S. user data. The Senators believe the Chinese company's "repeated misrepresentations" deserve deep scrutiny by the federal government.

Senate asks FTC to investigate TikTok for deceptive conduct regarding China

Women wearing masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus chat as they pass by the ByteDance headquarters in Beijing, China on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the legal authority to actually ban the apps from the U.S. TikTok is owned by Chinese company ByteDance. (AP Phot…

Senate Intel leaders call for FTC probe into TikTok amid alleged 'misrepresentations' on data practices

CNNBy Brian Fung, CNNTop lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee called for a Federal Trade Commission probe of TikTok on Tuesday, amid allegations the social media company has made “repeated misrepresentations” to Congress and others on its data security practices.In a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan, Sens. Mark Warner and Marco Rubio, the chair and ranking member of the committee, said a recent BuzzFeed report on how TikTok’s Chinese pare…

Senate Intel leaders call for FTC probe into TikTok amid alleged 'misrepresentations' on data practices

Top lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee called for a Federal Trade Commission probe of TikTok on Tuesday, amid allegations the social media company has made "repeated misrepresentations" to Congress and others on its data security practices.