US Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, said he was "demanding declassification of TikTok facts — because the American people deserve and need to know the chilling truth about TikTok — it’s a clear & present threat to national security & privacy." (YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP via Getty Images)
The lawmakers’ request comes as the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution forcing the Chinese-owned ByteDance to divest from China.
"American intelligence and law enforcement officials on a bipartisan basis have repeatedly raised alarms that the Chinese government can use its direct and absolute control over ByteDance to exert malign influence over what users see on TikTok & spy on their private information," Blumenthal wrote.
"As we consider steps to separate TikTok from the Chinese gov’t, the American people must understand the national security issues at stake," he continued. "I’m urging the declassification of information about TikTok/ByteDance.",
BIPARTISAN SENATORS SHARE TIKTOK CONCERN FOLLOWING 'POWERFUL' NATIONAL SECURITY BRIEFING
The comments come just days after a bipartisan group of senators raised alarm over TikTok and its influence over its users.
Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, is calling for information about TikTok to be declassified. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Warner previously criticized the voluminous data that TikTok could access from its users was a "national security concern."
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How soon the U.S. Senate could take up the House-passed bill is not immediately clear as bill was referred last week to the committee.
Fox News’ Julia Johnson contributed to this report.
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