perceived problem with tiktok beyond a shadow of a doubt. i don t think using tiktok increases the risk you face from chinese espionage. doesn t mean we should like tiktok, and congress clearly doesn t, but nothing that users need to worry about right now. joining us now, washington correspondent for bloomberg tv, anne marie horton. great to see you on set. millions of americans use it, how much of a national security threat is it actually, and do we think this could lead to a nationwide ban? one in ten americans according to pew research actually get their news from it, and i think that s why politicians are uncomfortable. the senate obviously moved to ban it. now the talk is potentially there are going to be more restrictions on everyone getting
this administration needs to force tiktok to put up a firewall between itself and beijing. reporter: a separate bipartisan proposal introduced this week would ban tiktok altogether in the u.s. citing security concerns. neither bill is likely to become law this session, but it all highlights the growing push in government, a dozen states including two more today alone now forbid tiktok on some or other employee devices. we do have national security concerns, at least from the fbi s end. reporter: tiktok said it does not store u.s. user data in china and does not share information with the chinese government. it s negotiating a deal with the justice department to address security concerns. the legislation that you ve seen in the states and in the senate doesn t actually solve any real problem at all. we ve been working with the federal government on a solution that we believe solves any perceived problem with tiktok beyond a shadow of a doubt. reporter: some lawmakers do use