White House says solution to TikTok in the works, would not say whether service would be banned

White House property secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters connected Wednesday that nan national authorities is moving connected a solution for TikTok, though she would not opportunity whether nan societal media work would beryllium banned.

TikTok has been banned for usage connected state-owned physics devices successful respective states crossed nan country, arsenic good arsenic astatine nan national level, complete cybersecurity concerns.

White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre delivers remarks during nan regular property briefing astatine nan White House connected March 1, 2023 successful Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The concerns are that nan societal media level has been accused of harvesting immense amounts of information from its users, but what is moreover much concerning to galore is that China is down that harvesting.

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In fact, legislators person passed bans connected TikTok because nan company’s genitor company, ByteDance LTD, is required nether Chinese rule to stock its information pinch nan Chines Communist Party whenever requested.

Jean-Pierre was asked connected Wednesday whether TikTok is safe for national workers and safe connected nan smartphones of children.

A woman is holding a smartphone successful her hands pinch nan logo of nan short video app TikTok connected it. ((Photo by Jens Kalaene/picture confederation via Getty Images))

She responded by saying nan White House was concerned astir TikTok and apps alike because they tin coming harm and consequence to nationalist security. She besides said nan apps are having a antagonistic effect connected children.

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"There was a portion of information [from nan CDC] that conscionable recovered precocious that astir 60% of teen girls felt persistently sad aliases hopeless successful 2021, and 30% earnestly considered suicide," Jean-Pierre said.

She added that the president, done his unity agenda, wants to enforce laws that extremity nan postulation of individual information from kids and teenagers online, a prohibition connected targeted advertizing to children, and stricter limits connected individual information that companies cod connected everyone.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks connected nan indebtedness ceiling during an arena successful nan State Dining Room of nan White House, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, successful Washington. ( (AP Photo/Evan Vucci))

"This is what nan president calls connected for Congress to walk successful a bipartisan way," she said. "You know, privateness authorities to clasp large tech accountable."

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Jean-Pierre confirmed that nan President is concerned astir TikTok being a threat to nationalist security, but nan shot was successful Congress’s tribunal to enactment connected it.

On Wednesday, Congress voted to springiness President Biden nan powerfulness to prohibition TikTok, while TikTok besides said each relationship held by a personification nether nan property of 18 will person a default 60-minute regular surface time.

While these steps person been taken, 1 newsman asked Jean-Pierre why it has taken truthful agelong for nan President to prohibition nan societal media app for each national labor arsenic 29 states person already acted. The newsman besides asked why Biden, successful his first period successful office, canceled an investigation by nan Commerce Department into TikTok.

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"I’m not going to speak to immoderate investigation," Jean-Pierre said. "Look, nan process is happening now…What I tin opportunity is that nan president has been very clear astir his concerns pinch apps for illustration TikTok, and I conscionable laide retired nan CDC reporting and really it’s affecting our children and nan value of making judge that we woody pinch this successful a existent way, which is why he put distant his unity agenda…

"So, look, nan unity schedule benignant of lays retired really nan president wants to move forward. I’m not going to spell beyond that," she added.