India’s decision to ban Chinese short-form video app TIC Toc on security concerns, and former US President Donald TrumpThe threats to do so may have been well-founded.
Although TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance has denied sharing user data with the Chinese government, it has leaked audio from more than 80 internal meetings. tiktok employees Which was reviewed by Buzzfeed News, suggests that the risk of this happening remains.
While TikTok claims that its US users’ data is secure as it is stored within the US, not in China, leaked conversations indicate ByteDance Employees Access to non-public data about “frequent” in China US TikTok users,
According to Buzzfeed News, in an audio clip a member of TikTok’s Trust and Security Department is heard saying: “Everything is seen in China.” In another clip, a TikTok director refers to a Beijing-based engineer as a “master admin” who “has access to everything”.
While a TikTok executive told the US Senate last year that access to his US data is strictly controlled by a US-based security team, in fact “US employees are turning to their allies in China to determine whether access to US data is strictly controlled by a US-based security team.” How US user data was flowing. US employees did not have permission or knowledge of how they could access the data themselves.”
the risk of US users data has increased since falling into the hands of the Chinese government Chinese action Started last year on tech firms. The primary risk is that “the government could coerce ByteDance to collect and deploy information (from TikTok) as ‘data espionage'”.
Buzzfeed News reports that China may use TikTok to harm America in an even more deadly way. The app’s “For You” algorithm, which recommends what users should watch next, can be tweaked to show videos that “influence the commercial, cultural or political behavior of Americans”. This is a very real possibility, given that social media algorithms were suspected of influencing Trump’s election in 2016.
Although TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance has denied sharing user data with the Chinese government, it has leaked audio from more than 80 internal meetings. tiktok employees Which was reviewed by Buzzfeed News, suggests that the risk of this happening remains.
While TikTok claims that its US users’ data is secure as it is stored within the US, not in China, leaked conversations indicate ByteDance Employees Access to non-public data about “frequent” in China US TikTok users,
According to Buzzfeed News, in an audio clip a member of TikTok’s Trust and Security Department is heard saying: “Everything is seen in China.” In another clip, a TikTok director refers to a Beijing-based engineer as a “master admin” who “has access to everything”.
While a TikTok executive told the US Senate last year that access to his US data is strictly controlled by a US-based security team, in fact “US employees are turning to their allies in China to determine whether access to US data is strictly controlled by a US-based security team.” How US user data was flowing. US employees did not have permission or knowledge of how they could access the data themselves.”
the risk of US users data has increased since falling into the hands of the Chinese government Chinese action Started last year on tech firms. The primary risk is that “the government could coerce ByteDance to collect and deploy information (from TikTok) as ‘data espionage'”.
Buzzfeed News reports that China may use TikTok to harm America in an even more deadly way. The app’s “For You” algorithm, which recommends what users should watch next, can be tweaked to show videos that “influence the commercial, cultural or political behavior of Americans”. This is a very real possibility, given that social media algorithms were suspected of influencing Trump’s election in 2016.