The head of the Federal Communications Commission is urging Google and Apple to remove TikTok from its app stores due to worries over data security.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr tweeted on Wednesday that the app “harvests swaths” of data that’s accessible to China, CNBC reported.
Carr, who mentioned a BuzzFeed News report showing how sensitive TikTok user data had been repeatedly accessed in China, called the app an “unacceptable” security risk for the U.S. He added that the app was also no
