March 17, 2023, 12:19 a.m. | Staff and agencies

Data and computer security | The Guardian www.theguardian.com

The US says the extremely popular video-sharing app ‘screams’ of national security concerns and considers a countrywide ban

TikTok is once again fending off claims that its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, would share user data from its popular video-sharing app with the Chinese government, or push propaganda and misinformation on its behalf.

China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday accused the US itself of spreading disinformation about TikTok’s potential security risks following a report in the Wall Street Journal that the committee …

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