TikTok: China says it will ‘never ask’ for app to illegally collect U.S. users’ data


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One day after the Chief Executive of TikTok testified before the U.S. Congress, China on Friday scolded American legislators for their efforts to potentially outlaw the controversial social-media app. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning criticized U.S. lawmakers for grilling TikTok CEO Shou Chew on Thursday over how the company collects and uses data on Americans, and potentially shares such information with the Beijing government and military. Mao said it is impossible that China would ask its companies illegally acquire the data of overseas users of ByteDance-owned TikTok (BDNCE). "We have noted the remarks from TikTok," Mao said, in a...