BARGTEHEIDE, GERMANY - MAY 03: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) In this photo illustration, a TikTok App in the IOS App Store on May 03, 2021 in Bargteheide, Germany. (Photo by Katja Knupper/Die Fotowerft/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)
  • Brendan Carr, one of the FCC’s commissioners, sent a letter to Apple and Google’s CEOs calling on them to remove the popular video app TikTok from their app stores over China-related data security concerns.
  • In his letter, Carr describes TikTok as a “sophisticated surveillance tool that harvests extensive amounts of personal and sensitive data.”