U.S. lawmakers from both parties propose to pressure the Biden administration to prevent TikTok from operating in the United States

As the most successful global platform for Chinese companies, TikTok has been repeatedly suppressed in the US market in recent years. Recently, members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives proposed a bill in the name of TikTok’s hidden dangers to U.S. national security, asking the government to implement a ban. U.S. officials, including the FBI, have also publicly challenged TikTok, which has put Douyin Group under tremendous pressure. The Chinese side expressed extreme indignation at the U.S. government’s use of national data security to boycott Chinese companies.

As early as 2020, the Trump administration “either sell or ban” TikTok, making TikTok face life and death. Fortunately, the Biden administration revoked this executive order, allowing TikTok to escape. But the Biden administration has called for the review of all software applications with potential ties to countries such as China. TikTok has been under pressure from regulators and governments.

Questions about TikTok mainly come from two aspects. One is the specific implementation and compliance of the company’s business in the European and American markets; the other is how TikTok communicates with the government, the media, and European and American users and persuades TikTok’s efforts to ensure information security. In fact, tiktok has been working hard. For example, American politicians and public opinion will transfer all data generated by their American users to servers controlled by Oracle (Oracle), but some American politicians and media still take the opportunity to attack TikTok. The Douyin Group has been banning the use of TikTok domestically, also out of concerns about the app going overseas, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

TikTok is becoming more and more influential in local social media. According to a report by the Pew Research Center, 10% of adults in the United States obtain news information through TikTok, and the group under the age of 30 is as high as 26%. Thirty-four percent of Democratic candidates and 12 percent of Republican candidates have TikTok accounts. In the past few years, TikTok has gained nearly 100 million users and more than 200 million downloads in the United States. TikTok has received a lot of attention from all walks of life in the United States. This may be the reason why the United States expresses its concern on the grounds of “national security”. Regarding the current unfavorable situation, Douyin Group and TikTok must work hard to tide over the difficulties.