Should TikTok be banned? One of the more complex national security threats facing the United States today centers on the prevalence of disinformation on social media and the use of social media platforms by adversarial powers to soak up sensitive information about Americans. At the center of this issue is the Chinese owned platform TikTok. But what is the threat, really? And how does it fit within wider U.S.-China intelligence wars? Washington Times National Security Editor Guy Taylor explores these questions with Foundation for Defense of Democracies China Program Director Craig Singleton, an expert on cyber disinformation and malign influence operations run by Beijing.
