According to Axios, TikTok is now in talks with the US Committee on Foreign Investment so that the agency can evaluate whether the service's parent company, Chinese company ByteDance, can transfer it to a US company so that the service can continue to operate in the US.
“I don’t think there is any other way than to ban (the service),” Carr told the portal.
He expressed concern that US data is allegedly being transferred to China, and stated the risk that TikTok could be used to covertly influence political processes in the States.
Previously, Carr sent letters to Apple and Google asking them to remove the service from the app stores.
In response to Carr's calls to ban TikTok in the US, a spokesman for the service said that he had nothing to do with confidential negotiations with the US leadership.
Commission Commissioner Carr is not involved in confidential discussions with US authorities related to TikTok and appears to be expressing views independent of his role as Commissioner of Communications. We are confident we are on track to reach an agreement with US authorities which will satisfy all reasonable national security considerations," a TikTok spokesman told the Internet portal.
The previous US administration attempted to ban the Chinese social platforms TikTok and WeChat in the US in 2020, the main motive for this was to protect the privacy of Americans. The PRC and the companies themselves denied allegations of misuse of user data. After the ban was challenged in court, the Biden administration did not continue to fight for the implementation of the predecessors' initiative. Recently, however, accusations against the company have begun to resurface.
TikTok is a short video creation and viewing application owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. Launched in 2018, it has become the leader in the short video app segment in China and is gaining popularity around the world.
News source: abc News