US lawmakers and TikTok are drawing up a plan, according to which the short-form video app would make changes to its data security and governance without requiring its Chinese parent company ByteDancethat the sale, informed this Monday the New York Times.
TikTok and the Biden administration have drafted a preliminary agreement to resolve national security concerns but are still deciding on a potential deal, the Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
A TikTok spokesperson declined to comment on the report, but said the app was confident it could “fully meet all reasonable national security concerns of the United States.”
ByteDance and the White House did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
TikTok has long faced scrutiny from US lawmakers, who have questioned the Chinese-owned app’s protection of user data.
More than two years ago a US national security panel ordered parent company ByteDance to ditch TikTok over fears that US user data would be compromised. could go to the communist government of China.
TikTok is one of the most popular social media apps in the world, with over a billion active users worldwide, with the United States as its biggest market.
