China could use TikTok to influence US elections, spy chief says
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China could use social media app TikTok to influence the 2024 US elections, the director of national intelligence, Avril Haines, has told a House of Representatives intelligence committee hearing.
Asked by Democratic Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi if China's ruling Communist party (CCP) would use TikTok to influence the elections, Haines said we cannot rule out that the CCP would use it".
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