FCC member says 'TikTok is China's digital fentanyl'

Federal Communications Commission member Brendan Carr said that TikTok is "China's digital fentanyl" and that the social media platform is "a very sophisticated surveillance app."

"At the end of the day, TikTok is China’s digital fentanyl," Carr, a Republican and one of five FCC commissioners, said Friday on Fox News.

The short-form video app, owned by China-based ByteDance, claims to have over 1 billion users. U.S. teens and children spend an average of 99 minutes a day on TikTok, according to parental control software maker Qustodio.