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Lawmakers Warn TikTok Deal Risks National Security

10/18/2025

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  • Representative John Moolenaar, chair of the House Select Committee on China, expressed serious concerns about a proposed licensing agreement for TikTok's algorithm.
  • He warns that the licensing could permit continued Chinese influence, raising national security and data privacy concerns ahead of a looming deadline for sale or ban.
  • Moolenaar calls for complete separation from ByteDance, which holds under 20% of TikTok's U.S. operations under a 2024 law.