Report: FCC Commissioner Calls for TikTok Ban
The U.S. should take action against TikTok to prevent sensitive U.S. personal data from being collected by the app’s Chinese owner, said Brendan Carr, one of five commissioners on the Federal Communications Commission. “I don’t believe there is a path forward for anything other than a ban," Carr told Axios, according to a Nov. 1 report by the news outlet. Carr added that there isn't "a world in which you could come up with sufficient protection on the data that you could have sufficient confidence that it’s not finding its way back into the hands of the [Chinese Communist Party]."
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A TikTok spokesperson didn’t respond to a request for comment but told Axios: “Commissioner Carr has no role in the confidential discussions with the U.S. government related to TikTok and appears to be expressing views independent of his role as an FCC commissioner.” The spokesperson also said TikTok is “confident that we are on a path to reaching an agreement with the U.S. Government that will satisfy all reasonable national security concerns." The Biden administration and TikTok in September reportedly drafted a “preliminary” agreement to resolve national security concerns raised by ByteDance, the app’s Chinese owner, but it was unclear if the deal would be completed (see 2209260008).