it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in washington where a powerful house committee is debating wether to allow president biden to completely ban the chinese owned app, tiktok, which is used by more than 100 million americans. the white house has already ordered government agencies to wipe tiktok off federal devices within 30 days. and it s notjust the us. the european parliament has also banned the video sharing app from staff phones citing security reasons, following canada which imposed a similar ban. but china has hit out at the us and this is what a government spokesperson had to say. translation: the united states, the world number one superpower, is so afraid of a mobile phone application that young people like so much that they completely lack any self confidence. we firmly oppose the us s wrong approach to overstretching the concept of national security, abusing national power, and unreasonably suppressing the companies of other countries. earlier, i a
whose parents are under arrest on suspicion of manslaughter. and why these two dogs from london could help combat the smuggling of rare animals in asia. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 9:00 in the morning in singapore, and 8:00pm in washington, where a powerful house committee is debating wether to allow president biden to completely ban the chinese owned app tiktok, which is used by more than 100 million americans. the white house has already ordered government agencies to wipe tiktok off federal devices within 30 days and it s notjust the us. the european parliament has also banned the video sharing app from staff phones citing security reasons, as has canada. but china has hit out at the us and this is what a government spokesperson had to say. translation: the united states, the world s number translation: the united states, the world s number one the world s number one super sewer is so afraid of a mobile phone application that
of other countries. earlier, i asked her why the us government has ordered the removal of tiktok from federal phones. there are cyber security concerns with having tiktok on government phones. in the us, this isn t a new ban. tiktok has already been barred from government phones, from the department of defence and other defence and security related agencies. this just takes things a step further. the worry is that peoples personal and professional lives could cross and that government data and government secrets could be collected by tiktok and end up in the hands of the chinese as a result. how likely do you think is it for the us to
but china has hit out at the us and this is what a government spokesperson had to say. translation: the united states, the world s number translation: the united states, the world s number one the world s number one super sewer is so afraid of a mobile phone application that young people like so much that they completely lacked self confidence. we firmly oppose the us firm approach of overstretching national security, abusing national power and unreasonably suppressing the power of other countries number one superpower. bree fowler is the senior technology writer at us tech publiction cnet. earlier i asked her why the us government has ordered the removal of tiktok from federal phones. there definitely are cyber security concerns with having tiktok on government phones. in the us, this isn t a new ban. tiktok has already been barred