TikTok Said to Be Subject of US National Security Investigation
TikTok Said to Be Subject of US National Security Investigation ByteDance faces scrutiny over its acquisition of social media app Musical.ly HIGHLIGHTS ByteDance's acquisition of Musical.ly was completed over two years ago There are questions about how ByteDance stores users' personal data Officials have asked whether TikTok censors politically sensitive content JUMP TO Bytedance's Rise The US government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co's $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,070 crores) acquisition of US social media app Musical.ly, according to three people familiar with the matter. While the $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,070 crores) acquisition was completed two years ago, US lawmakers have been calling in recent weeks for a national security probe into TikTok, concerned the Chinese company may be censoring politically sensitive content, and raising questions about how it stores personal data. TikTok has been growing more pop...