The short video app at the center of a US security debate
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English - November 06, 2019 09:47 - 3 minutes - 1.68 MB - ★★★★ - 9 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The videos look innocuous enough. Selfies. Stunts. Scripted comedy.
cat lady in training pic.twitter.com/LKovVQYknh
— TikTok (@tiktok_us) November 2, 2019
But TikTok, a rare Chinese-owned social media app that has thrived outside China, has found itself the target of a serious accusation: threatening American security.
The intensifying scrutiny on the app, owned by the Chinese internet giant ByteDance, has come amid rising suspicion in Washington of Beijing’s growing global influence.
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