TikTok confirms it offered the US a "kill switch" in 2022 to shut down the app in the US at the government's discretion if TikTok did not follow certain rules (Imran Rahman-Jones/BBC)

Imran Rahman-Jones / BBC:
TikTok confirms it offered the US a “kill switch” in 2022 to shut down the app in the US at the government's discretion if TikTok did not follow certain rules  —  TikTok 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.