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FBI director worried about how China uses TikTok user data

November 17, 2022
Source: techradar.com techradar.com
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Audio player loading… Speaking to the United State Congress, FBI Director Christopher Wray expressed “extreme” concern over China's ability to “weaponize” data belonging to TikTok's American users, Cyberscoop (opens in new tab) reported earlier this week. TikTok is currently one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, allowing users to create short-form videos (roughly 15 seconds in length) on any topic. However, TikTok is built and owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company, and that’s a problem for U.S. authorities, especially given the Chinese government’s control over data generated by local companies. Per Chinese law, the government can...
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