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TikTok confirms it offered US government a 'kill switch'

2 hours agoBy Imran Rahman-Jones, Technology reporterGetty ImagesTikTok says it offered the US government the power to shut the platform down in an attempt to address lawmakers' data protection and national security concerns.It disclosed the "kill switch" offer, which it made in 2022, as it began its legal fight against legislation that will ban the app in America unless Chinese parent company ByteDance sells it. The law has been introduced because of concerns TikTok might share US user data wi...

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