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White House rejected offer from TikTok allowing US government to oversee social media app
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance made extraordinary offer to the White House in 2022
The Biden administration rejected an offer from TikTok ’s parent company ByteDance that would have allowed federal officials to pick board members for its American subsidiary, examine the social media app’s source code and even flick a “kill switch” if necessary. A senior Biden official told the Post that the administration had determined the offer was “insufficient to address the serious national security risks” posed by TikTok. “While we have consistently engaged with the company about our concerns and potential solutions, it became clear that divestment from its foreign ownership was and remains necessary,” the official added.
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