US Commerce head Gina Raimondo backs legislation to address TikTok threats

US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo supports legislation giving the commerce department new tools to address foreign adversary-owned app information concerns, she said on Wednesday.

Her comments come as concerns about Chinese-owned TikTok have sparked new efforts in Congress to boost powers to address it or potentially ban the popular short video-sharing app, but those bills have stalled in Congress. TikTok, which has more than 150 million US users, denies it improperly uses US data.