Washington, DC — Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks says congress cannot let TikTok stockpile sensitive information and spy on Americans.
Miller-Meeks and other members of the House Commerce Committee quizzed TikTok’s CEO for more than five hours yesterday (Thursday).
The app, which has 150 million American users, is owned by a Chinese company and the Biden Administration is demanding that the Chinese sell their stake in the company, or the app will be banned in the U.S. Miller-Meeks noted the hearing began hours after China announced its opposition to the sale of TikTok.
Miller-Meeks, a Republican who represents Iowa’s first congressional district, says she believes TikTok is gathering personal data from Americans and sharing it with our adversaries. Republican Ashley Hinson, Iowa’s second district congresswoman, says TikTok needs to be banned.
Hinson says the U.S. Treasury Department has been negotiating with TikTok’s owners for three years, since the Trump Administration, and cutting ties with China and it’s time to ban what Hinson calls a Trojan horse app. Hinson made her comments during a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Thursday.
