Americans to control TikTok U.S. operations board, White House says - UPI.com

Sept. 20 (UPI) -- TikTok's U.S. operations will be controlled by Americans in a planned deal to spin off the wildly popular social media platform from its Chinese owners, White House press secretary Karolina Leavitt said Saturday.

Appearing Saturday on Fox News, Leravitt said Americans will be on six of the seven board seats and the algorithm of the app would also not be controlled by China.

There have been concerns about potential national security risks and data privacy issues linked to the app, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, including Chinese government surveillance of Americans and the Chinese government possibly influencing the content of 137 million monthly active U.S. users.

Overall, there are more than 1.8 billion monthly active users worldwide.

Americans to control TikTok U.S. operations board, White House says - UPI.com

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