TikTok Threat Stems from China’s Data Demand Law, Monaco Says

The main threat that the popular video streaming app TikTok presents to the US stems from the Chinese law that requires any company operating in that country to share data with the government, a top Justice Department official said Tuesday.

US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco described the People’s Republic of China as a leader in using technology for repression and to further strategic goals that are “autocratic in nature.” Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Monaco said this makes TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., a threat that the US can’t afford to ...