Republican lawmakers were concerned after a BuzzFeed report showed that non-public US user data was accessed abroad
TikTok is seeking to assuage fears over the security of American users’ data on the Chinese-owned platform, after Republican senators and a regulator argued the app poses a national security risk.
The concerns by lawmakers came after BuzzFeed reported last month that Chinese-based employees of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance were repeatedly able to access non-public data of American users. This despite the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) ordering ByteDance in 2020 to divest TikTok because of fears that US user data could be passed on to China’s government.
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Republican lawmakers were concerned after a BuzzFeed report showed that non-public US user data was accessed abroad
TikTok is seeking to assuage fears over the security of American users’ data on the Chinese-owned platform, after Republican senators and a regulator argued the app poses a national security risk.
The concerns by lawmakers came after BuzzFeed reported last month that Chinese-based employees of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance were repeatedly able to access non-public data of American users. This despite the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) ordering ByteDance in 2020 to divest TikTok because of fears that US user data could be passed on to China’s government. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian