Officials in China “resolutely oppose” a potential forced sale of social media platform <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/tiktok?_gl=1*lx8xxn*_ga*NzUzNDA5ODIxLjE2NzkzMjkzNzM.*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY3OTY2MzY2Ni4xOS4xLjE2Nzk2NzA4MjAuMzAuMC4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> in the United States from its <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/china?_gl=1*lx8xxn*_ga*NzUzNDA5ODIxLjE2NzkzMjkzNzM.*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY3OTY2MzY2Ni4xOS4xLjE2Nzk2NzA4MjAuMzAuMC4w" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese</a> parent company, a move that many American lawmakers have floated in response to national security and data privacy issues linked to the company.
Both Democrats and Republicans have raised concerns over allegations that user information on TikTok can be accessed by employees of ByteDance, the Chinese technology firm which owns TikTok, and associates of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ccp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese Communist Party</a>. Shu Jueting, a spokeswoman for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, remarked on Thursday that officials will not permit a forced divestiture of TikTok from ByteDance, according to a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/china-us-tiktok-security-technology-social-media-2245e433b5854010ebd99b7987fc78ca" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the Associated Press.
“If the news is true, China will resolutely oppose it,” she told reporters at a news conference, adding that the sale “would seriously damage investors from multiple countries including China” and hurt “confidence to invest in the United States.”
The remarks came hours before TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee about the extent to which officials in China maintain authority and influence over TikTok and ByteDance. He <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-ceo-swears-company-is-not-an-agent-of-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insisted</a> that the latter is not an “agent of China or any other country” in his opening remarks.
“I am well aware that the fact that ByteDance has Chinese founders has prompted concerns that our platform could be used as or become a tool of China or the Chinese Communist Party. There have even been calls to ban us or require divestment,” Chew testified. “Divestment does not address the fundamental concerns that I have heard, as a change in ownership would not impose any new restrictions on data flows or access. This is not an issue of nationality.”
Some officials have called for a nationwide ban on TikTok, while others have pressed the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, a board that evaluates the national security ramifications of international investments, to mandate a divestiture from ByteDance. TikTok committed in one recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-orders-chinese-company-behind-tiktok-to-sell-the-platform-or-face-nationwide-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposal</a> called Project Texas to spend $1.5 billion protecting user data and ensuring that Chinese officials cannot access user information.
President Joe Biden and multiple state officials have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-unanimously-votes-to-ban-tiktok-on-government-devices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> TikTok from government devices after reports <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktoks-parent-company-in-china-planned-to-use-platform-to-track-locations-of-specific-americans-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a> that ByteDance staffers in China used the platform to monitor the locations of specific American users. Lawmakers appeared broadly unconvinced on Thursday that a divestiture would address their concerns.
“From the data it collects to the content it controls, TikTok is a grave threat of foreign influence in American life,” House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) said. “It’s been said it is like allowing the Soviet Union the power to produce Saturday morning cartoons during the Cold War but much more powerful and much more dangerous.”
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On the other hand, lawmakers such as Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/squad-member-defends-tiktok-amid-debate-over-possible-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asserted</a> that the more than 150 million users of TikTok in the United States would be irreparably harmed by actions against the firm. “TikTok as a platform has created a community and a space for free speech,” Bowman said at a Wednesday press conference supporting TikTok. “It is also a place where 5 million small businesses are selling their products and services and making a living.”

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American Lawmakers Want To Force A Sale Of TikTok. CCP Officials ‘Resolutely Oppose’ It.

China Opposes Forced Sale Of TikTok In The United States

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> CEO Shou Zi Chew neglected to provide a clear answer on whether individuals associated with ByteDance, the social media platform’s <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese</a> parent company, helped him prepare for a Thursday morning hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Democrats and Republicans have raised concerns over allegations that user data on TikTok can be accessed by associates of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ccp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese Communist Party</a>. Lawmakers from both parties questioned Chew on the links between TikTok and ByteDance, as well as the extent to which authorities in China maintain authority and influence over both entities.
Chew was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4PAmW0PHdU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> by Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on whether any employees of ByteDance directly provided “input, help, or instruction” for his testimony. Chew responded that his “phone is full of well wishes” but said that he prepared for the hearing with his team in Washington, D.C.
“Can you guarantee that no one at ByteDance had a role when preparing you for today’s hearing?” Burgess pressed. “Like I said, Congressman, this is a high-profile hearing,” Chew responded. “A lot of people from around the world were sending me wishes and unsolicited advice, but I prepared for this hearing with my team here in D.C.”
Burgess asked whether the attorneys who represent TikTok also represent ByteDance. “Yes, I believe so,” Chew admitted.
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Some officials have called for a wholesale ban on TikTok, while others have asked the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a board that evaluates the national security implications of international investments, to force a divestiture from ByteDance. TikTok committed in one recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-orders-chinese-company-behind-tiktok-to-sell-the-platform-or-face-nationwide-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposal</a> called Project Texas to spend $1.5 billion protecting user data and ensuring that Chinese officials cannot access user information; the CFIUS has reportedly rejected the proposal.
President Joe Biden and several state officials have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-unanimously-votes-to-ban-tiktok-on-government-devices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> TikTok from government devices over data security and surveillance concerns after reports <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktoks-parent-company-in-china-planned-to-use-platform-to-track-locations-of-specific-americans-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a> that ByteDance staffers in China used the platform to monitor the locations of specific American users.
Chew said in his prepared <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-ceo-swears-company-is-not-an-agent-of-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks</a> to the House Energy and Commerce Committee that “ByteDance is not an agent of China or any other country,” even as he acknowledged that the firm has Chinese founders. “Divestment does not address the fundamental concerns that I have heard, as a change in ownership would not impose any new restrictions on data flows or access,” he told lawmakers. “This is not an issue of nationality.”
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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee, asserted in her opening <a href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chair-rodgers-to-tik-tok-ceo-your-platform-should-be-banned" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> that Chinese law requires ByteDance and other social media companies to conduct surveillance on its behalf. “From the data it collects to the content it controls, TikTok is a grave threat of foreign influence in American life,” she commented. “It&#8217;s been said it is like allowing the Soviet Union the power to produce Saturday morning cartoons during the Cold War but much more powerful and much more dangerous.”
Chew has frequently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-ceo-makes-direct-appeal-to-americans-as-lawmakers-threaten-to-ban-platform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">touted</a> the runaway popularity of TikTok in the United States as he seeks to dissuade lawmakers from taking action against the company. Rodgers added that the massive scale of the platform only “emphasizes the urgency for Congress to act.”

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Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jamaal-bowman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamaal Bowman</a> (D-NY) defended social media platform <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> as lawmakers debate a possible nationwide ban of the app.
Democratic and Republican lawmakers have raised concerns over allegations that user data on TikTok, which is owned by Chinese technology company ByteDance, can be accessed by associates of the Chinese Communist Party. Bowman, a member of the “Squad” composed of young leftist House Democrats, listed the purported benefits of the platform during a Wednesday press conference also attended by TikTok content creators.
“TikTok as a platform has created a community and a space for free speech for 150 million Americans and counting,” Bowman said in a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@repbowman/video/7213533080643013931?is_from_webapp=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> shared to the platform. “It is also a place where 5 million small businesses are selling their products and services and making a living.”
A spokesperson for Bowman, who has nearly 160,000 followers on TikTok, previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-chief-administrative-officer-warns-members-of-congress-not-to-use-tiktok-over-potential-security-risks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the lawmaker would “pause on usage” for the account after the House’s Chief Administrative Officer warned about national security concerns related to the platform.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) and Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) also defended TikTok this week after the calls for a prohibition. “I share many of the same security and privacy concerns over TikTok. But over 100 million Americans use the app and many to support small businesses and important social causes,” Garcia <a href="https://twitter.com/RobertGarcia/status/1638718322706460673" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Wednesday evening. “We should work towards a solution that addresses concerns and allows the app to continue.”
Some lawmakers have called for a wholesale ban on TikTok, while others have encouraged the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, a board which evaluates the national security implications of international investments, to force a divestiture from ByteDance. TikTok committed in one recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-orders-chinese-company-behind-tiktok-to-sell-the-platform-or-face-nationwide-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposal</a> called Project Texas to spend $1.5 billion protecting user data and ensuring that Chinese officials cannot access user information; the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has reportedly rejected the proposal.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will defend the platform on Thursday morning before the House Energy and Commerce Committee and deny that his firm has any meaningful links to the Chinese Communist Party. He has frequently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-ceo-makes-direct-appeal-to-americans-as-lawmakers-threaten-to-ban-platform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> the popularity of TikTok in the United States as he seeks to dissuade lawmakers from taking action against the company; young American social media users <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-creates-new-default-time-limit-for-users-under-18" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spend</a> more time on TikTok than any other platform.
“I am well aware that the fact that ByteDance has Chinese founders has prompted concerns that our platform could be used as or become a tool of China or the Chinese Communist Party. There have even been calls to ban us or require divestment,” Chew said in prepared remarks. “A change in ownership would not impose any new restrictions on data flows or access. This is not an issue of nationality.”
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President Joe Biden and several state officials have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-unanimously-votes-to-ban-tiktok-on-government-devices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> TikTok from government devices over data security and surveillance concerns after reports <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktoks-parent-company-in-china-planned-to-use-platform-to-track-locations-of-specific-americans-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a> that ByteDance staffers in China used the platform to track the locations of specific American users. Chew asserted that TikTok has made “mistakes” related to privacy and is “making changes to address” the matter.

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Jamaal Bowman Defends TikTok From Possible Ban

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/commerce-department" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Commerce Department</a> moved to prevent funds allocated by the CHIPS and Science Act from helping with the development of semiconductors in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/national-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">adversarial</a> nations.
The CHIPS and Science Act, signed by President <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> last year, provides $39 billion in manufacturing <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/08/09/fact-sheet-chips-and-science-act-will-lower-costs-create-jobs-strengthen-supply-chains-and-counter-china/#:~:text=%20FACT%20SHEET%3A%20CHIPS%20and%20Science%20Act%20Will,for%20capital%20expenses%20for%20manufacturing%20of...%20More%20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">incentives</a> for semiconductors, as well as $13.2 billion for research and development, and a 25% investment tax credit for computer chip production. Proposed rules from the Commerce Department would limit entities which receive the funds to develop semiconductor production in China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea.
“The innovation and technology funded in the CHIPS Act is how we plan to expand the technological and national security advantages of America and our allies,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said in a <a href="https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2023/03/commerce-department-outlines-proposed-national-security-guardrails" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. “CHIPS for America is fundamentally a national security initiative and these guardrails will help ensure malign actors do not have access to the cutting-edge technology that can be used against America and our allies.”
Recipients of the funds will be unable to use them overseas, expand existing semiconductor operations abroad by more than 10% for one decade after the award, or launch research initiatives with foreign entities of concern.
Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, remarked at a press briefing on Wednesday that his nation’s government issued a diplomatic complaint in response to the proposed restrictions. “The so-called guardrails claimed by the U.S. are an out-and-out sci-tech blockade and protectionism,” the official said, according to a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-21/us-tightens-china-rules-for-chipmakers-getting-federal-funding-from-chips-act" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Bloomberg. “The hobbling and containment will not stop China from growing, and will only strengthen our decision to seek self-development.”
TSMC, a manufacturer based in Taiwan that maintains operations in China, has recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chipmaker-triples-investment-in-new-arizona-plant-to-40-billion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">committed</a> $40 billion toward a new semiconductor facility in Arizona. Samsung and Intel, both of which are expected to receive semiconductor funds alongside TSMC, also operate in China.
Enactment of the CHIPS and Science Act occurred in response to the fact that China, South Korea, and Japan control nearly 80% of global semiconductor manufacturing capacity, according to <a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2022/04/12/ensuring-a-stronger-us-taiwan-tech-supply-chain-partnership/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Brookings Institution, while TSMC alone produces over 90% of the sophisticated chips used in cell phones and computers. A reliable supply of semiconductors is necessary to develop artificial intelligence and weapons technologies.
The restrictions on semiconductor investment in adversarial countries occur as American officials become suspicious of Chinese firms and their associations with the nation’s government. The Biden administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-quietly-probes-chinese-tech-firm-for-possibly-harvesting-data-from-military-bases-missile-silos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigated</a> Chinese telecommunications company Huawei last year over concerns that American cell towers using the company’s devices were transmitting data on military bases and missile silos to the Chinese Communist Party. A final rule <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-makes-historic-move-to-block-certain-chinese-tech-after-national-security-concerns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> by the Federal Communications Commission prohibits Huawei, ZTE, Hikvision, and Dahua from importing and selling certain products that the agency considers a threat to national security. The new rule does not apply to technology already within American borders.
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Lawmakers also commissioned an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/defense-officials-worry-about-new-chinese-espionage-threat-report-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">examination</a> of the port cranes and large steel structures manufactured by ZPMC since sensors on the towers could monitor the shipment of items transported to assist American military operations. Officials are also considering a ban or forced <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-ceo-swears-company-is-not-an-agent-of-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">divestiture</a> of TikTok, which is owned by Chinese technology firm ByteDance, since members of the Chinese Communist Party can reportedly access American user data through the platform.

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White House Moves To Stop Semiconductor Funds From Helping China, Other Adversaries

White House Moves To Stop Semiconductor Funds From Helping China

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/tiktok?_gl=1*131pl1c*_ga*NzUzNDA5ODIxLjE2NzkzMjkzNzM.*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY3OTQxNzIyNi43LjEuMTY3OTQyNTY4Ni4zLjAuMA.." target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> CEO Shou Zi Chew vowed that ByteDance, the technology company based in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a> that owns the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/social-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media</a> platform, is not an instrument of the communist nation.
“Let me state this unequivocally: ByteDance is not an agent of China or any other country,” Chew said in prepared <a href="https://d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/Written_Testimony_of_Shou_Chew_c07504eccf_084e8683f3.pdf?updated_at=2023-03-22T03:10:22.760Z" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks</a> he is scheduled to deliver before members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday.
Democratic and Republican members of Congress have raised concerns over allegations that associates of the Chinese Communist Party have access to American user data through TikTok, on which American young people spend more time than any other social media platform. The comments from Chew seek to prevent lawmakers from forcing a sale of TikTok to a firm based in the United States or an outright prohibition of the platform.
“I am well aware that the fact that ByteDance has Chinese founders has prompted concerns that our platform could be used as or become a tool of China or the Chinese Communist Party. There have even been calls to ban us or require divestment,” Chew commented. “Divestment doesn’t address the fundamental concerns that I have heard, as a change in ownership would not impose any new restrictions on data flows or access. This is not an issue of nationality.”
TikTok committed in one recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-orders-chinese-company-behind-tiktok-to-sell-the-platform-or-face-nationwide-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposal</a> called Project Texas to spend $1.5 billion protecting user data and ensuring that Chinese officials cannot access user information. Chew noted that TikTok has also contracted with American cloud services provider Oracle to handle and store domestic user data. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, a board composed of nine cabinet-level officials who evaluate the national security implications of international investments, has reportedly rejected the proposal.
Chew has frequently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-ceo-makes-direct-appeal-to-americans-as-lawmakers-threaten-to-ban-platform" target="_blank" rel="noopener">touted</a> the runaway popularity of TikTok in the United States as he seeks to dissuade lawmakers from taking action against the company. “We do not believe that a ban that hurts American small businesses, damages the country’s economy, silences the voices of over 150 million Americans, and reduces competition in an increasingly concentrated market is the solution to a solvable problem,” he remarked.
Critics of TikTok also note the psychological effects of the platform’s vertical video format on young users. The company <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-creates-new-default-time-limit-for-users-under-18" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> in the weeks before Chew was slated to testify that every user under 18 years old would be subject to a default one-hour daily screen time limit, after which “teens will be prompted to enter a passcode to continue watching,” as well as more robust parental controls. Officials have noted that children under 14 years old who use Douyin, the version of TikTok available in China which predominantly features educational content, are only permitted 40 minutes of screen time each day and cannot access the platform at night.
“Today’s youth are growing up in a digital media world, and TikTok is eager to be part of the conversation about creating more robust protections,” Chew continued. “TikTok supports creating additional protections, including potential updates to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, to address the modern online ecosystem. We would similarly welcome a conversation around legislation to enshrine better industry standards for age verification.”
President Joe Biden and several state-level officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-unanimously-votes-to-ban-tiktok-on-government-devices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> TikTok from government devices over data security and surveillance concerns after reports <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktoks-parent-company-in-china-planned-to-use-platform-to-track-locations-of-specific-americans-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a> that ByteDance staffers in China used the platform to track the locations of specific American users. Chew asserted that TikTok has made “mistakes” related to privacy and is “making changes to address” the matter.

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President Joe Biden announced this week that he will be declassifying intelligence related to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, just days after Congress unanimously passed legislation forcing the issue.
Biden signed Sen. Josh Hawley&#8217;s (R-MO) “COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023” into law on Monday, saying that he shares &#8220;Congress’s goal of releasing as much information as possible about the origin of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19).&#8221;
&#8220;We need to get to the bottom of COVID-19’s origins to help ensure we can better prevent future pandemics,&#8221; Biden said. &#8220;My Administration will continue to review all classified information relating to COVID–19’s origins, including potential links to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.&#8221;
However, Biden added that he may have portions of the intelligence redacted for the purpose of protecting U.S. national security.
&#8220;In implementing this legislation, my Administration will declassify and share as much of that information as possible, consistent with my constitutional authority to protect against the disclosure of information that would harm national security,&#8221; Biden said.
Hawley responded on Twitter,  &#8220;Today President Biden finally signed my bill to declassify what the government knows about Covid origins.&#8221;
&#8220;Let the people see for themselves!&#8221; he added. &#8220;Huge victory for transparency. Now time for accountability.&#8221;
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Two pilots involved in the downing of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea earlier this week were honored by the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russian</a> government, the country&#8217;s Defense Ministry announced Friday. 
A $32 million U.S. MQ-9 Reaper spy drone was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russian-fighter-jet-collides-with-u-s-military-reaper-drone-over-black-sea">harassed</a> by Russian pilots, who dumped fuel on it before one of the Russian fighter jets collided with the surveillance drone’s propeller — causing U.S. forces to bring the drone down in international waters. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu celebrated the pilots’ actions on Friday, claiming they prevented the drone from flying into an airspace claimed by Russia The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-us-drone-intercept-ukraine-war-award-e44a71e10df71ac9f1af8d42487c8d1a?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=RelatedStories&amp;utm_campaign=position_02">reported</a>.
U.S. officials released <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-releases-footage-showing-russian-jets-harassing-drone-before-collision">footage</a> of the incident on Thursday showing a Russian Su-27 flying close to the U.S. drone. The footage also revealed damage to the drone’s propeller after the Russian jets flew next to it. 
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“Two Russian Su-27 aircraft conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept with a U.S. Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance unmanned MQ-9 aircraft operating within international airspace over the Black Sea on March 14, 2023,” U.S. European Command said in a statement. “Russian Su-27s dumped fuel upon and struck the propeller of the MQ-9, causing U.S. forces to have to bring the MQ-9 down in international waters.”
 Some Russian officials have accused the U.S. of conducting surveillance flights to help the Ukrainians strike Russian targets, the AP reported. Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev charged that the American surveillance drone’s actions this week were proof of increasingly hostile actions the U.S. has taken toward Russia over the course of Moscow’s war with Ukraine. 
“The Americans keep saying that they are not participating in hostilities,” Patrushev claimed during a press conference. “This is yet another confirmation that they are directly involved in these events, in the war.”
The White House called Russia’s actions “reckless” but said it has not determined if the Russian pilots intentionally downed the U.S. drone. 
“Incidents happen,” said Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “And clearly we do not seek armed conflict with Russia and I believe at this point we should investigate this incident and move on from there.”
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Ryan Saavedra contributed to this report.

A screen grab captured from a video shows US drone is being harassed by Russian Su-27 fighter jet over Black Sea before it was downed on March 14, 2023

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The <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> demanded that ByteDance, the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese</a> technology firm which controls social media platform <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a>, sell the vertical video application or face a possible ban in the United States.
Democratic and Republican lawmakers have voiced concerns over several reports indicating that members of the Chinese Communist Party have access to user data through TikTok, on which American young people <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-creates-new-default-time-limit-for-users-under-18">spend</a> more time than any other social media platform. The national security implications have induced calls for the Biden administration to force a divestiture of the platform from ByteDance or institute a nationwide ban.
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, a board composed of nine cabinet-level officials who weigh the national security implications of international investments, recently ordered ByteDance to sell the platform, according to a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-threatens-to-ban-tiktok-if-chinese-founder-doesnt-sell-ownership-stake-36d7295c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Wall Street Journal released on Wednesday. The company vowed to spend $1.5 billion to protect American user data and ensure that Chinese officials could not access the information.
“If protecting national security is the objective, divestment doesn’t solve the problem: a change in ownership would not impose any new restrictions on data flows or access,” TikTok spokeswoman Brooke Oberwetter contended in a statement to The Wall Street Journal. “The best way to address concerns about national security is with the transparent, U.S.-based protection of U.S. user data and systems, with robust third-party monitoring, vetting, and verification, which we are already implementing.”
TikTok has indeed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-could-make-massive-move-to-stay-in-the-united-states-despite-national-security-concerns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offered</a> a national security proposal called Project Texas to American officials. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States rejected the proposal, according to a Tuesday <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-14/tiktok-considers-divesting-from-bytedance-if-deal-with-us-fails?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=share&amp;sref=FXoxhseM#xj4y7vzkg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Bloomberg.
Officials in the Trump administration had likewise attempted to force a divestiture of TikTok three years ago due to similar national security concerns. Renewed controversy over TikTok comes amid worsening Sino-American relations sparked by at least one Chinese surveillance balloon recently traversing the continental United States.
President Joe Biden and multiple state-level officials have already <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-unanimously-votes-to-ban-tiktok-on-government-devices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> TikTok from government devices. The European Union <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/european-union-bans-tiktok-for-government-mobile-devices-over-cybersecurity-concerns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made</a> a similar move last month.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-and-democrat-senators-join-forces-in-call-for-tiktok-crackdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exhorted</a> Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who leads the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, to force the sale of TikTok. The lawmakers noted how ByteDance acknowledged at the end of last year that staff members had “spied on the private data of journalists and others in order identify sources behind articles critical of the company,” as shown by a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktoks-parent-company-in-china-planned-to-use-platform-to-track-locations-of-specific-americans-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Forbes which also indicated that ByteDance planned to track the location of specific American citizens.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-whistleblower-says-chinese-communist-party-can-access-american-user-data" target="_blank" rel="noopener">publicized</a> allegations from a former TikTok employee who claimed that employees of the firm, including members of the Chinese Communist Party who are on the company’s payroll, can switch between Chinese and American data with “nothing more than the click of a button.” Workers allegedly use applications created in China to “insert software backdoors,” Hawley described on the basis of the unnamed whistleblower’s account.
“I have seen first-hand China-based engineers flipping over to non-China datasets and creating scheduled tasks to backup, aggregate, and analyze data,” the whistleblower reportedly told Hawley. “TikTok and ByteDance are functionally the same company. They use the same data analysis tools and chat apps, and managers are in constant contact.”

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The Department of Defense released video footage Thursday morning of the incident in which two Russian fighter jets harassed a U.S. military drone over international waters — leading to a collision and the complete loss of the drone.
&#8220;Two Russian Su-27 aircraft conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept with a U.S. Air Force intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance unmanned MQ-9 aircraft operating within international airspace over the Black Sea on March 14, 2023,&#8221; U.S. European Command said in a statement. &#8220;Russian Su-27s dumped fuel upon and struck the propeller of the MQ-9, causing U.S. forces to have to bring the MQ-9 down in international waters.&#8221;
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> US army published the footage from the drone incident with Russia over the Black Sea <a href="https://t.co/ney41fNjGb">pic.twitter.com/ney41fNjGb</a>
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A previous statement from U.S. European Command on Tuesday said that the two jets had repeatedly harassed the drone while the drone was &#8220;conducting routine operations in international airspace.&#8221;
“U.S. and Allied aircraft will continue to operate in international airspace and we call on the Russians to conduct themselves professionally and safely,” said U.S. Air Force Gen. James B. Hecker, commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa.
The statement said that the incident followed a “pattern of dangerous actions” by Russian pilots while interacting with U.S. and Allied aircraft over international airspace that could “lead to miscalculation and unintended escalation.”
“U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa routinely fly aircraft throughout Europe over sovereign territory and throughout international airspace in coordination with applicable host nation and international laws,” the statement added. “In order to bolster collective European defense and security, these missions support Allied, partner, and U.S. national objectives.”
Nikolai Patrushev, Russian Security Council Secretary and the former chief of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), said that the Russian military was going to try to recover the $32 million drone out of the Black Sea.
“The Americans keep saying that they are not participating in hostilities,” Patrushev claimed during a press conference. “This is yet another confirmation that they are directly involved in these events, in the war.”
General Mark Milley said Wednesday that the U.S. does not consider the incident an act of war. “Incidents happen,” Milley <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/incidents-happen-gen-milley-wont-consider-russia-dropping-u-s-drone-an-act-of-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “And clearly we do not seek armed conflict with Russia and I believe at this point we should investigate this incident and move on from there.”

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Russian officials shared plans to salvage the remains of a U.S. military drone that crashed into the Black Sea on Tuesday.
“I don’t know if we can recover them or not, but we will certainly have to do that, and we will deal with it,” Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia’s Security Council, said during televised remarks Wednesday. “I certainly hope for success,&#8221; he added, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-drone-pentagon-9f4b3e8fdd719c0fa91a0683228b9e51" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Associated Press</a>.
Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, told a reporter that he believes Moscow has the resources for such an operation. &#8220;The way I see it, there are such technical capabilities,&#8221; he said, per <a href="https://tass.com/politics/1589205" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russian state-run media</a>.
<a href="https://www.eucom.mil/pressrelease/42314/russian-aircraft-collides-into-us-unmanned-system-in-international-waters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The U.S. military says</a> one of two Russian Su-27 aircraft conducting an intercept struck a propeller of a MQ-9 surveillance drone conducting routine operations in international airspace, causing U.S. forces to bring the aircraft down in international waters. State Department spokesman Ned Price <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-says-a-russian-fighter-jet-hit-an-american-drone-over-the-black-sea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described the incident as a</a> “brazen violation of international law.&#8221;
Russia&#8217;s defense ministry claims the drone flew toward the Russian border with its transponders turned off and was in violation of airspace restrictions set up for its &#8220;special military operation&#8221; in Ukraine, according to <a href="https://tass.com/politics/1589195" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state-run news agency TASS</a>.
The defense ministry also denied Russia&#8217;s fighter jets came into contact with the drone and claimed the U.S. aircraft hit the water due to &#8220;uncontrollable maneuvering.&#8221;
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told CNN on Wednesday that recovery of the drone&#8217;s remnants may be impossible for the United States.
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The U.S. is demanding answers this morning after a Russian fighter jet took down a U.S. Air Force drone. 
We get an update from the NSC&#39;s Coordinator for Strategic Communications, John Kirby: <a href="https://t.co/YoCceKUtg1">pic.twitter.com/YoCceKUtg1</a>
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&#8220;I’m not sure that we’re going to be able to recover it. Where it fell into the Black Sea — very, very deep water,&#8221; Kirby said. &#8220;We’re still assessing whether there can be any recovery effort. There may not be.&#8221;
Without going into detail, Kirby added the U.S. took steps to &#8220;minimize any intelligence value that might come from somebody else getting their hands on that drone.&#8221;
The drone threatens to escalate an already tense situation as the U.S. and its Western allies provide military support to Ukraine in its efforts to ward off a full-scale invasion by Russian forces.
&#8220;The incident with the American MQ-9 Reaper UAV — provoked by Russia over the Black Sea — is [Russian President Vladimir] Putin&#8217;s way of signaling his readiness to expand the conflict to involve other parties,&#8221; said Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/russia-try-recovering-downed-us-drone-us-vows-protect-our-equities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per Fox News</a>. &#8220;The purpose of this all-in tactic is to always be raising the stakes.&#8221;
While Russia&#8217;s ambassador to the U.S. <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russia-warned-washington-not-violate-152745830.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly claimed he told Washington</a> that Russia would &#8220;no longer allow anybody to violate our waters,&#8221; the Defense Department insisted the U.S. military will not be making any concessions.
“Make no mistake, the United States will continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows,&#8221; Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/politics/lloyd-austin-russian-aircraft-us-drone/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CNN</a>. &#8220;And it is incumbent upon Russia to operate as military aircraft in a safe and professional manner.&#8221;

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> could separate from ByteDance, the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese</a> technology firm which controls the exceedingly popular <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/social-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">social media</a> platform, in an effort to ease American lawmakers’ concerns about <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/national-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">national security</a> risks and data privacy.
Executives are weighing the sale of TikTok to another company or an initial public offering as a last resort should American officials reject an existing national security proposal offered by the company called Project Texas, according to a Tuesday <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-14/tiktok-considers-divesting-from-bytedance-if-deal-with-us-fails?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=share&amp;sref=FXoxhseM#xj4y7vzkg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Bloomberg. Authorities with the Chinese Communist Party would have to permit the divestiture.
The report comes as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, a board composed of nine cabinet-level officials who weigh the national security implications of international investments into American companies, conducts a review of TikTok. Representatives from the Justice Department have reportedly not accepted the proposal from the firm.
“Neither a ban of TikTok nor a divestiture of TikTok from ByteDance does anything to address national security concerns about data transfers,” TikTok spokeswoman Brooke Oberwetter said in a statement to Bloomberg, adding that American users “would be held to a significantly higher security standard than any comparable American company” under Project Texas.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) recently exhorted Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who leads the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, to force the divestiture of TikTok. A letter from the lawmakers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-and-democrat-senators-join-forces-in-call-for-tiktok-crackdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">referenced</a> the body mandating that Beijing Kunlun Company divest itself of homosexual dating site Grindr and health care platform PatientsLikeMe four years ago under the Trump administration.
Renewed controversy over TikTok comes amid worsening tensions in broader Sino-American relations sparked by at least one Chinese surveillance balloon recently traversing the continental United States. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is scheduled to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-ceo-will-testify-before-congress-as-national-security-privacy-concerns-grow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testify</a> before members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee next week.
Beyond the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-unanimously-votes-to-ban-tiktok-on-government-devices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prohibition</a> of TikTok on federal devices issued by President Joe Biden and similar actions from multiple state governments, lawmakers have unveiled a number of bills that would force the divestiture of TikTok or otherwise significantly restrict the platform, which outranks other social media companies such as Meta and Twitter with respect to daily usage. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-gets-behind-bipartisan-bill-that-would-allow-u-s-to-ban-tiktok-take-against-other-foreign-threats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act, abbreviated as the RESTRICT Act, to grant the Commerce Department authority to review information communications and technology transactions that pose undue risk to American security.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-whistleblower-says-chinese-communist-party-can-access-american-user-data" target="_blank" rel="noopener">publicized</a> allegations from a former TikTok employee who claimed that employees of the firm, including members of the Chinese Communist Party who are on the company’s payroll, can allegedly switch between Chinese and American data with “nothing more than the click of a button.” Workers allegedly use proprietary software created in China to reduce foreign scrutiny and let engineers “insert software backdoors,” Hawley described on the basis of the unnamed whistleblower’s account.
“I have seen first-hand China-based engineers flipping over to non-China datasets and creating scheduled tasks to backup, aggregate, and analyze data,” the whistleblower told Hawley. “TikTok and ByteDance are functionally the same company. They use the same data analysis tools and chat apps, and managers are in constant contact.”

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A former employee of the company that controls <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> told Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/josh-hawley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Josh Hawley</a> (R-MO) that members of the <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chinese</a> Communist Party can access data from American users of the social media platform.
The allegations occur as TikTok, which is owned by Chinese technology company ByteDance, faces scrutiny for <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/national-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">national security</a> concerns and reported data privacy breaches. Hawley said in a <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23698254-2023-03-07-hawley-letter-to-yellen-tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> sent to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday that employees, including members of the Chinese Communist Party who are on the company’s payroll, can allegedly switch between Chinese and American data with “nothing more than the click of a button.”
Workers allegedly use several proprietary software tools created in China that reduce foreign scrutiny and allow engineers to “insert software backdoors,” Hawley described on the basis of the unnamed whistleblower’s account. One such tool allegedly permits employees to access American data with the approval of a manager and a dataset owner.
“I have seen first-hand China-based engineers flipping over to non-China datasets and creating scheduled tasks to backup, aggregate, and analyze data,” the whistleblower told Hawley. “TikTok and ByteDance are functionally the same company. They use the same data analysis tools and chat apps, and managers are in constant contact.”
Hawley noted that TikTok has repeatedly claimed that members of the Chinese Communist Party cannot access American user data but said “it seems more and more likely that they do” with the new accusations about the company’s activities. The lawmaker cited an earlier <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktoks-parent-company-in-china-planned-to-use-platform-to-track-locations-of-specific-americans-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Forbes which said ByteDance planned to track the location of specific American citizens.
Yellen serves as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, a board with nine cabinet-level officials tasked with reviewing the national security risks of foreign ventures. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CA) and Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-and-democrat-senators-join-forces-in-call-for-tiktok-crackdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contended</a> last month that Yellen should force ByteDance to jettison operations for TikTok within the United States.
Beyond the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-unanimously-votes-to-ban-tiktok-on-government-devices" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prohibition</a> of TikTok on federal devices issued by President Joe Biden and similar actions from multiple state governments, several lawmakers have urged regulators and technology companies to limit access to the platform. Renewed controversy over the site occurs after at least one Chinese surveillance balloon recently traversed the continental United States: the vessel crossed Montana, the location of many defense assets and missile silos, then <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinese-spy-balloon-flies-out-of-montana-and-over-new-u-s-state" target="_blank" rel="noopener">traveled</a> over states such as Kansas and Missouri before the object was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-military-shoots-down-chinese-spy-balloon-after-biden-let-it-travel-across-country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot down</a> by the American military off the coast of the Carolinas.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Sen. John Thune (R-SD) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-gets-behind-bipartisan-bill-that-would-allow-u-s-to-ban-tiktok-take-against-other-foreign-threats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unveiled</a> the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act, abbreviated as the RESTRICT Act, earlier this week to grant the Commerce Department authority to review information communications and technology transactions that pose undue risk to American economic and national security.
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White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/07/statement-from-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-the-introduction-of-the-restrict-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> he fully supports the measure.
“This legislation would empower the United States government to prevent certain foreign governments from exploiting technology services operating in the United States in a way that poses risks to Americans’ sensitive data and our national security,” he said. “This bill presents a systematic framework for addressing technology-based threats to the security and safety of Americans.&#8221;

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