the world for years. i think the poiht that the world for years. i think the point that you raise around we don t know point that you raise around we don t know how point that you raise around we don t know how independent tiktok really is is the know how independent tiktok really is is the one we need to really drive is is the one we need to really drive home in this discussion. the financial drive home in this discussion. the financial times hasjust published financial times has just published an article financial times hasjust published an article saying that china s commerce ministry has warned that a sale of commerce ministry has warned that a sale of tiktok has to be approved by the chinese sale of tiktok has to be approved by the chinese government. so that tells you the chinese government. so that tells you right there, this is not an independent company who isjust responding to its global investors, as mr responding to its global investors, as mr chew was portr
the us government can assess the us government can assess the risk to us citizens and interests and make decisions in real time when it comes to new technologies. are real time when it comes to new technologies. technologies. are we getting an sort technologies. are we getting any sort of technologies. are we getting any sort of indication - technologies. are we getting any sort of indication on - technologies. are we getting | any sort of indication on more details exactly of what the specific things they are concerned about with this app? well, i think what has been mentioned is there are concerns about the privacy use of data. and in particular, in the area of china, the chinese government, the communist party have put forth a series of domestic laws that say that they have the right to gain access and sees data from chinese companies at will. and we know that the chinese government has used that data for a number of purposes, whether it is to censor what certain people say or to
this is newsday on the bbc. i m monica miller. plans to prevent migrants to from crossing the channel will punish the silent seekers. the white horse as it supports a bipartisan bill in congress that will give biden new powers to pay on the chinese owned app tiktok. in recent years, people around the world have lost hundreds of millions of dollars to online romance scams. one of the most lucrative of these, being run by criminal gangs across south east asia, is called the pig butchering romance scam . as the name suggests, the scammers refer to their victims as pigs, whom they fatten up to be butchered or in this case, conned, out of as much money as possible. a bbc world service investigation has spoken
were barred from installing tiktok on their devices in january. let s speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. thank you forjoining us on the programme peter. thank you forjoining us on the programme peter. this thank you forjoining us on the programme peter. this is thank you forjoining us on the programme peter. this is been something that is been boiling for a while but now it looks like it s going to hit president bidens desk. this is very significant president bidens desk. this is very significant because - president bidens desk. this is very significant because it s i very significant because it s very significant because it s very rare these days that we see any bipartisan cooperation in washington on any issue, that s the republican the democratic parties are seeing things the same way. so here we have this bill, presented by both parties with the agreement of the white house that shows widespread concern in washington about tiktok, and it would effectively give