US secretary of state Mike Pompeo (File Photo)
WASHINGTON: US secretary of state Mike Pompeo on Wednesday welcomed Indias ban on certain Chinese apps that he said “can serve as appendages of Chinese Communist Partys surveillance state”.
He added that New Delhis “clean app approach will boost Indias sovereignty and boost integrity and national security”.
Indias ban has been widely noted in the US, including by some prominent lawmakers, who have urged US to follow suit. “India bans TikTok and dozens of other Chinese apps in the wake of deadly clash,” Republican senator John Cornyn tweeted as he tagged a Washington Post report. Republican Congressman Rick Crawford tweeted that “TikTok must go and it should have been gone yesterday”.
Last week, US national security adviser Robert OBrien had alleged that the Chinese government is using TikTok for its own purposes. “On TikTok, a Chinese-owned platform with over 40 million American users, probably a lot of your kids, and younger colleagues, accounts criticising CCP and Beijings policies are routinely removed or deleted,” OBrien said.
At least two bills are pending in the US Congress to ban federal government officials from using TikTok on their phones, reflecting such a sentiment can gain momentum in the US after Indias decision.
“Would that be the same Chinese TikTok that was used to tank attendance at the Tulsa Rally?” twRead More – Source
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