Lawmaker Says Commerce Department Regulations Would Allow TikTok

The chairman of the House select committee on China said a recent change in Commerce Department regulations appears to be aimed at allowing the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok to continue operating in the United States, despite congressional fears that Beijing could use the online service as a tool of espionage or propaganda. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), the panel’s chairman, accused the department of watering down proposed rules on supply chain security so that the Biden administration can more easily approve TikTok’s proposal to calm U.S. national security concerns through a corporate restructuring.

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