US House Panel to Vote , on Possible TikTok Ban.<br />US House Panel to Vote , on Possible TikTok Ban.<br />Reuters reports that next month, the <br />House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a vote on a bill aimed at halting the use of TikTok in the U.S.<br />The concern is that this app gives the Chinese government a back door into our phones. , Michael McCaul, panel chair representative, via 'Bloomberg News'.<br />Reuters reports that for the past three years, TikTok has been adamant that it <br />cannot access Americans' personal data.<br />The social media app also assures <br />Washington that its content can't be influenced by China's Communist Party.<br />The social media app also assures <br />Washington that its content can't be influenced by China's Communist Party.<br />TikTok issued a statement regarding the House panel's upcoming vote.<br />Calls for total bans of TikTok take a piecemeal approach to national security and a piecemeal approach to broad industry issues like data security, privacy, and online harms, TikTok, via Reuters .<br />Reuters reports that the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) has been in talks with TikTok since 2021 in an attempt to establish a national security agreement.<br />TikTok says it has invested close <br />to $1.5 billion on those efforts.<br />The company asserts that it has a , "comprehensive package of measures with layers of government and independent oversight to ensure that there are no backdoors into TikTok that could be used to manipulate the platform.".<br />Last month, legislation banning federal employees from using TikTok on <br />government devices was enacted.<br />Reuters reports <br />that TikTok has over <br />100 million users in the U.S.
