Other social media apps are also collecting data, but theyโre in the U.S., so theyโre not deemed as big as a threat to the U.S.Photo: Getty Images North America
TeeRoy's 2 Cents:
- Not sure what China would do with the data collected from the vast majority of TikTok users.
- I donโt know about the data, but it does seem like TikTok, as well as other social media apps, are designed to make people less productive and possibly less intelligent.
- Other social media apps are also collecting data, but theyโre in the U.S., so theyโre not deemed as big as a threat to the U.S.
In a grueling approximately five-hour session, members of a House panel grilled TikTokโs CEO about the video app and the possibility itโs sharing data collected from millions of American users with the Chinese government.
Shou Chew, the CEO of the video-sharing app owned by Chinese internet company ByteDace, fielded questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers on whether TikTok is spying on U.S. users for the Chinese government.
Chew insisted that โByteDance is not owned or controlled by the Chinese government. It is a private company.โ
Lawmakers seemed unconvinced.
Lindsay Gorman, head of technology and geopolitics at the German Marshall Fund and a former tech adviser for the Biden administration, said, โThe future of TikTok in the U.S. is definitely dimmer and more uncertain today than it was yesterday. Itโs not just one side of the aisle clamoring for TikTok to address these national security concerns, but this is now coming from all sides.โ (The New York Times)