TikTok use by military poses security risk, US regulator testifies


US army soldiers driving armoured vehicles in a convoy at the Vay Adam Military Training Base near Hajduhadhaz, northeastern Hungary. Several military branches bar TikTok from official devices, but there’s ‘pervasive use on personal devices, so I think that’s a challenge we need to address’, said Carr. — MTI via AP

US military members are risking national security with their use of the TikTok social-media service, according to a federal communications regulator who has been pushing for the video-sharing app to be removed from online stores.

Several military branches bar TikTok from official devices, but there’s “pervasive use on personal devices, so I think that’s a challenge we need to address”, Brendan Carr, a Republican member of the Federal Communications Commission, told a House panel Wednesday.

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