FBI Director Warns China Could Use TikTok for Influence Operations, Surveillance on Americans

FBI Director Christopher Wray at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on May 25, 2022. Bonnie Cash/Pool/Getty Images

FBI Director Christopher Wray on Friday outlined key threats posed by video sharing app TikTok and said that U.S. officials are still working on how to address the app’s national security concerns.

Wray said that the FBI has security concerns about Tiktok, which is owned by private Chinese company Bytedance.