The leader of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission asked Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores because of China- related data security concerns.
The hugely popular short video app is owned by a Chinese company.
Brendan Carr, one of the FCC's Commissioners, sent a letter to Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai. There were reports that made TikTok non- compliant with the policies of the companies.
TikTok is not what it looks like. It is more than just an app to share funny videos. He said in the letter that the sheep's clothing was what he was talking about. The core of TikTok is its ability to harvest extensive amounts of personal and sensitive data.
CNBC requested comment from Apple, Apple and TikTok.
If Apple and Alphabet don't remove TikTok from their app stores, Carr wants them to give him statements by July 8.
The basis for your company's conclusion that the surreptitious access of private and sensitive U.S. user data by persons located in Beijing, coupled with TikTok's pattern of misleading representations and conduct, does not run afoul of any of your is explained in the
Carr was nominated by Trump for a five year term with the FCC. The Senate confirmed in December that the chair would stay on for another five years.
According to a report from earlier in the month, recordings of TikTok employee statements indicated that engineers in China had access to U.S. data.
A statement from a TikTok spokesman was in the report.
We aim to remove any doubts about the security of US user data because we know we are among the most scrutinized platforms. We hire experts in their fields, work to verify our security standards, and bring in third parties to test our defense.
On June 17th, TikTok announced it was moving U.S. users' private data from its own data centers to the cloud.
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