Carr Draws Attention to Bipartisan TikTok Concerns

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr drew attention Monday to a bipartisan House Commerce Committee letter questioning why Apple and Google allow TikTok on their app stores. Carr has repeatedly cited national security and data security concerns about the popular Chinese social media app (see 2210210072). He cited letters from last week signed by House Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and ranking member Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla. “Turning a blind eye to an application that permits such surveillance endangers Americans, specifically the overwhelming number of teenagers that use TikTok,” Carr quoted from their letter in his tweet Monday.