Banning TikTok takes big espionage tool away from China: US NSA

China will lose “a big tool” of espionage and surveillance if America and some western European countries ban Chinese apps like TikTok as done by India, US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien has said.

India last month banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok and UC Browser, saying they were prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity and security of the country.

O’Brien told Fox News Radio in an interview that the Trump administration was “very seriously taking a look” at TikTok, WeChat and some other apps coming out of China.