Cybersecurity company Feroot Security found at least 27 US state government websites have web-tracking code placed by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., which runs TikTok, according to The Wall Street J…
TikTok in 2020 over national security concerns, but the company successfully held up the order in the courts and Biden rolled it back after taking office.Getty Images
“Democratic political operatives believed that TikTok is politically advantageous for them,” he said. “And so they kind of want to look tough on China, but they don’t want to crack down on this website, because they’re using it, and they think it benefits them, even though it’s hurting the country.” But Biden reversed course last week when his Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ordered ByteDance tohe had called for the CFIUS review nearly four years ago.
Maryland and Utah both banned TikTok from state devices in December, but were notified that pixels were present in their websites’ codes.AFP via Getty ImagesNo Funds for Enablers of Adversarial Propaganda ActIn the House, Rep. Michael McCaul has also backed bills that would sanction TikTok and other Chinese entities.
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