Tiktok in the United States: Beijing urges Washington to stop its “unwarranted attacks”

China on Thursday (March 16) urged the United States to stop "

" against the Tiktok application, after a request by the American government to its Chinese parent company to part with it under pain of a ban for security reasons. national.

According to the

and other American dailies, the White House has issued an ultimatum: if Tiktok remains in the fold of ByteDance, it will be banned in the United States.

Tiktok confirmed to AFP that the US government had recommended the application be transferred by its owner.

The United States should stop spreading false information.

Wang Wenbin, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson

Washington “

”, reacted Wednesday March 15 to the press a spokesperson for Chinese diplomacy, Wang Wenbin.

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added the spokesperson.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin during a press conference in Beijing, China, August 8, 2022. NOEL CELISNoel Celis / AFP

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The data of the users in question

Tiktok is accused by its critics of giving Chinese authorities access to user data around the world, which the short video app denies.

The White House has already banned officials of federal institutions from having the app on their smartphones, pursuant to a law ratified in early January.

The European Commission and the Canadian government recently made similar decisions for their civil servants' mobile phones.

Tiktok stores US user data on servers located in the country.

The application admitted that employees based in China had access to it, but under a strict and limited framework, and not the Chinese government.