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The Cold War between the United States and China has taken on incredible proportions. After banning Huawei, the US President attacked the very popular TikTok application whose parent company, ByteDance, is Chinese. Donald Trump accuses the application of spying on its American users and therefore of representing a danger to "national security, foreign policy and the economy of the United States". This is why the president signed a decree banning the application on American territory from September 20.

Charges refuted by TikTok, but not only. After investigation, the CIA concluded before the US Congress that there was no concrete evidence that the application posed a danger to national security. The American intelligence agency clarified that there was a risk that one day China could intercept data from American users. Or that the application be changed so that it becomes an instrument of espionage on behalf of the Chinese government, but that as it stands there is no indication that this is the case.

Asked by a senator if TikTok was a problem, the CIA analyst replied "yes, but in the hierarchy of issues we face, an app that lets you make funny videos doesn't really have its place. place, ”reports The New York Times.

Unfounded mistrust

A reasoning which could in reality be applied to very many applications. Other countries could also adopt this precautionary principle for American applications.

During his speech, the CIA analyst also stressed the difference that existed between the case of TikTok and that of Huawei. On the one hand, we have an entertainment application, on the other, a company that was intended to build the telephone and Internet network in the United States. The risks and implications are not the same.

A saving redemption?

There has been talk of Microsoft being able to buy the application, thereby making it officially American, even if the app is already present in California. However, this redemption would involve almost entirely recoding the application to "clean" it, which could be detrimental to it.

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  • China
  • United States
  • Social networks
  • CIA
  • TikTok
  • High-Tech