#shorts a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “There are — there’s bipartisan calls up on Capitol Hill as it relates to TikTok and the national security implications of it. You have Congressman Ken Buck saying: If you think a — “If a CCP surveillance balloon scares you…wait until you hear about TikTok….”

Senator Michael Bennet had recently called on the CEOs of Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their — their devices — from their Google Play stores and Apple play store.

Does the administration believe that TikTok is a national security threat? And does it believe that those apps should be removed from phones?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, look, the President — the Biden administration more sp- — more broadly, has never allowed TikTok on White House devices. Other fa- — federal agencies have similar restriction. We have been clea- — clear about our concerns on apps like TikTok.

And so, look, we are focused on the challenges of certain countries, including China, seeking to leverage digital technologies and Americans’ data in ways that present unaccountable, unacceptable national security risk.

I’m just not going to get ahead of it. As we know, there’s a review currently happening. But we take this very seriously.

And as I said, the Biden administration has never allowed TikTok on the White House — on the White House devices.

Reporter: Is it a national security risk?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Again, I’m just not going to — there’s a review happening by CFIUS. I’m just not going to get ahead of that.

On 2/6/2023, the spy balloon first entered US airspace over Alaska last Saturday, and the balloon soared over nuclear silos and military installations. The balloon was 200 feet tall and weighed thousands of pounds according to the Pentagon. Jean-Pierre faced numerous questions on the topic during Monday’s press briefing. Biden emphatically told reporters on Saturday that he told the military to shoot down the balloon on Wednesday, perhaps in response to growing criticism from Republican lawmakers.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/Kh52IJGRHAI
KJP Refuses To Call Chinese App TikTok A “National Security Risk”