在接受美国广播公司新闻采访时，副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯回避了原因乔·拜登总统的竞选团队有一个抖音账户并鼓励美国人关注该平台，因为白宫担心该平台的安全问题，并支持一项立法，如果该平台的中国所有者不出售该平台，该平台可能会在美国被禁。
“所以，让我们从这一点开始:我们不打算禁止抖音，”哈里斯在“本周”节目中告诉ABC新闻的高级国会记者雷切尔·斯科特
哈里斯说:“这根本不是这次对话的目标或目的。“我们需要与所有者打交道，我们对抖音所有者的国家安全感到担忧，但我们无意禁止抖音。”
这位副总统接着表示，该平台有“非常重要”的好处，包括为许多用户带来收入，以及“允许人们以自由的方式分享信息”。
拜登竞选团队上个月与抖音合作，努力将他们的信息传达给更多选民，包括年轻选民，并引导美国人关注他们的账户。
拜登和哈里斯的几个视频都被发布在他们的抖音账户上，尽管美国政府一再对该应用的中国所有者字节跳动表示担忧。
拜登此前签署了禁止抖音使用联邦政府设备的立法，并表示支持国会当前旨在迫使母公司出售抖音的法案。
白宫上周告诉ABC新闻它希望字节跳动撤资。
TIkTok坚持认为对数据和其他安全问题的担忧都是没有根据的。该平台还引用了美国用户数据保存在美国服务器上的事实。
在美国广播公司的采访中，斯科特向哈里斯施压，要求她考虑到“你表达的那些国家安全担忧”，继续在抖音进行竞选活动
“好吧，我们会解决这个问题的，”哈里斯说。“但现在我们关心的是抖音的主人和国家安全问题。”
Harris won't say why Biden campaign is on TikTok despite security concerns
In a new interview with ABC News, Vice President Kamala Harris deflected on whyPresident Joe Biden's campaign has a TikTok accountand encourages Americans to follow it given the White House's security concerns with the platform -- and support for legislation that could lead to it being banned in the U.S. if its Chinese owner doesn't sell.
"So, let's start with this: We do not intend to ban TikTok," Harris told ABC News' Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott on "This Week."
"That is not at all the goal or the purpose of this conversation," Harris said. "We need to deal with the owner and we have national security concerns about the owner of TikTok, but we have no intention to ban TikTok."
The vice president went on to say there are "very important" benefits to the platform, including serving as an income generator for many users and "allowing people to share information in a free way."
The Biden campaign last month joined TikTok as part of an effort to get their message to reach more voters -- including younger voters -- and directed Americans to follow their account.
Several videos of both Biden and Harris have been posted on their TikTok account, despite the fact that the administration has repeatedly expressed concerns with the app's China-based owner, ByteDance.
Biden previously signed legislation banning TikTok from federal government devices and expressed support for the current bill in Congress that seeks to force the sale of TikTok from its parent company.
The White Housetold ABC News last weekthat it wants ByteDance to divest.
TIkTok maintains that worries over data and other security issuesare unfounded. The platform also cites the fact that U.S. user data is held on servers in America.
Harris was pressed by Scott in her ABC News interview about continuing to campaign through TikTok in light of "those national security concerns that you're voicing."
"Well, we'll address that when we come to it," Harris said. "But right now we are concerned about the owner of TikTok and the national security implications."
