Mike Turner: TikTok Is Security Threat With China in Charge

As an adversary of the United States, China must not be allowed to maintain control over TikTok through its parent company, ByteDance, as that poses a national security threat, Rep. Mike Turner said Sunday.

“China, as a country, is not like us,” the Ohio Republican said on ABC News’ “This Week.” “It’s an authoritarian regime that has self-identified as an adversary to the United States. It has banned Twitter. It has banned Facebook. It has banned YouTube in China. It understands the power of social media and social media apps.”

China is also seeking several illegal ways to obtain Americans’ data “as part of its perpetration of this greater surveillance society that it uses to control its own population,” Turner said.

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