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1. • • On July 1, TikTok confirmed that employees based in China are able to access U.S. user data through "approval protocols."
     mashable.com/article/tiktok-china-access-data-in-us

     It looks like China does have access to U.S. TikTok user data

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   Can TikTok staff access data in China?

   • It now said staff in China could access data. In fact, it went further, stating that European users’ data was accessible to TikTok staff in Brazil, Canada, Israel, the US and Singapore. This did little to help quell security concerns. ByteDance has responded to recent bans by saying it has not provided user data to the Chinese government.

   China could be harvesting TikTok data, but much of the user information

   theconversation.com/china-could-be-harvesting-tiktok-data-but-much-of-the-user-information-is-already-out-in-the-open-201897

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   Can China view TikTok users' personal information?

   • US officials have long insisted the Chinese government may be able to view the personal information of TikTok users — but that claim was purely speculative. Until now.

   Analysis: There is now some public evidence that China viewed TikTok

   www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/tech/tiktok-data-china/index.html

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   Does TikTok have US data?

   • TikTok CEO Shou Chew previously told US lawmakers that the company has never been asked by the Chinese government for data on its US users, and would never comply with such a request. TikTok has also said it is implementing a plan to store US user data on third-party US-based servers, with access to that data controlled by US employees.

   Analysis: There is now some public evidence that China viewed TikTok

   www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/tech/tiktok-data-china/index.html

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   Can TikTok censor US data from China?

   • You'll be asked to sign into your Forbes account. TikTok's Project Texas is focused on cordoning off American user data from China. Lawmakers have expressed doubts that such a firewall is technically possible. TikTok has said under oath that Americans’ data has always been stored outside China.

   Exclusive: TikTok Confirms Some U.S. User Data Is Stored In China - For…

   www.forbes.com/sites/alexandralevine/2023/06/21/tiktok-confirms-data-china-bytedance-security-cfius/

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   Did China use TikTok data for political purposes?

   • Until now. In what appears to be a first, a former employee of ByteDance, TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, has outlined specific claims that the Chinese Communist Party accessed the data of TikTok users on a broad scale, and for political purposes.

   Analysis: There is now some public evidence that China viewed TikTok

   www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/tech/tiktok-data-china/index.html

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   Does TikTok harvest user data?

   • This suggests that TikTok, as supplied to global markets, is no worse in terms of harvesting user data than other social media platforms. The conclusions of the Georgia Tech report were similar, noting that China’s government didn’t need special legal powers over ByteDance to gain access to data, as so much is offered up freely.

   China could be harvesting TikTok data, but much of the user information

   theconversation.com/china-could-be-harvesting-tiktok-data-but-much-of-the-user-information-is-already-out-in-the-open-201897

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3. www.cnn.com › 2023/06/08 › techAnalysis: There is now some public evidence that China viewed ...

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   Jun 8, 2023 · US officials have long insisted the Chinese government may be able to view the personal information of TikTok users — but that claim was purely speculative. Until now.

4. www.theregister.com › doj_tiktok_filing_china_dataUS claims TikTok shipped personal data to China - The Register

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   Jul 29, 2024 · The US Department of Justice has alleged that TikTok shipped personal information to China and allowed profiling of the short video app's users based on their attitudes to some ticklish topics.

   • Author: Simon Sharwood

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6. www.rfa.org › english › newsAsia Fact Check Lab: Can TikTok share US user data with China ...

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   Mar 24, 2023 · Yes. Tiktok has stated several times that it has not shared data with China's government, and company executives have further stated they would refuse to hand over any data to China if asked....

   • Author: Shen Ke

7. theconversation.com › china-could-be-harvestingChina could be harvesting TikTok data, but much of the user ...

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   • Shifting Geopolitics
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   • Purpose Unclear

   TikTok has been a lightning rod for a shift in sentiment that has seen the UK, EU, Canada and the US ban the app from government devices on grounds of security. TikTok narrowly missed being banned completely from the US in 2020 by then president, Donald Trump. That threat has now been revivedunder the Biden administration. Much of the worry about T...

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   Two further reports by highly respected research groups at Citizen labs and the Georgia Institute for Technologyset out to resolve whether TikTok was a threat to national security, or to users in general. A detailed analysis of the code in the app found that TikTok was based on Douyin, the version for Chinese users, which has features that make it ...

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   Companies like Facebook are clear as to why they gather your data: they use information to sell advertising. The question then is, what is the real intention behind TikTok gathering user data? The Citizen Lab report noted a lingering doubt that dormant features written for Douyin but not used in TikTok could be enabled by TikTok’s computer servers....

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8. www.bbc.com › news › technology-64797355Is TikTok really a danger to the West? - BBC

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   Since 2020, TikTok executives have repeatedly tried to reassure people that Chinese staff cannot access the data of non-Chinese users.

9. www.forbes.com › sites › alexandralevineExclusive: TikTok Confirms Some U.S. User Data Is Stored In China

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   Jun 21, 2023 · T ikTok has acknowledged to the U.S. government that sensitive information about American creators who sign up to earn money through the app is stored in China.

10. www.ft.com › content › d2c285be-3a01-442f-bc06-6bUS reveals security concerns around TikTok and ByteDance

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    Jul 27, 2024 · TikTok in 2022 sought to remove sensitive US user data “improperly” held on Lark channels, according to the filings. The DoJ also claimed ByteDance and TikTok employees in the US and China...