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Five Ways TikTok Is Seen as Threat to US National Security

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Dec

2022

Many in the United States see TikTok, the highly popular video-sharing app owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, as a threat to national security. The following is a look at five reasons why: Data sharing TikTok — like its rivals Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube — thrives on data and there seems to be no limit to how […]

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TikTok owner ByteDance to pay $92M in US privacy Settlement

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Feb

2021

The federal lawsuit alleged that TikTok broke the Illinois biometric privacy law, which allows suits against companies that harvest consumer data without consent, including via facial and fingerprint scanning. Illinois is the only state with a law that allows people to seek monetary damages for such unauthorized data collection. “While we disagree with the assertions, […]

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Microsoft to Keep Exploring TikTok Deal After Talks With Trump

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Aug

2020

“Following a conversation between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Donald J Trump, Microsoft is prepared to continue discussions to explore a purchase of TikTok in the United States,” the company said in a statement, acknowledging the “importance of addressing the President’s concerns” over national security. Microsoft added that it would continue negotiations with ByteDance, […]

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