#shorts On 3/1/2023, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “I guess what I’m trying to understand is: You know, has the President not issued a federal ban on TikTok on all devices because he does not think it’s a threat to national security or because he does not have a legal mechanism to do so?

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I’m not going to get into the specifics on what he has legally to do so or to not do so. What I’m saying — and we’ve been very clear that TikTok, you know, poses a problem and an issue. And so, we have concerns about that as it relates to Americans’ data — collecting Americans’ data and the potential national security risk. And we’ve been very, very clear on that.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/UrR3oZztNes
Q: Tiktok no threat threat to national security OR no legal mechanism? A: not into specifics