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Concerns over TikTok feeding user data to Beijing are back – and there's good evidence to support them

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Newest development Jul 5, 2022 · 4 reportsConcerns over TikTok feeding user data to Beijing are back – and there's good evidence to support them

TikTok has admitted its Chinese employees have access to user data collected outside China.

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  1. TikTok says it's putting new limits on Chinese workers' access to U.S. user data

    Headline from Delaware Public Media ·

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    Concerns over TikTok feeding user data to Beijing are back – and there's good evidence to support them

    Headline from The Conversation US ·

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  1. Insider

    TikTok confirms that China-based employees can access US user data, but only through an 'approval process' (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    TikTok's CEO sent a letter to nine Republican senators after a BuzzFeed News report shined a new light on privacy and security concerns.

  2. Washington Times

    TikTok admits that some China-based employees can access U.S. user data (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    It turns out that American users of popular social media app TikTok can have their information accessed by employees at the app’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance Ltd.

  3. NPR

    TikTok says it's putting new limits on Chinese workers' access to U.S. user data (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    TikTok addressed Republican senators who have raised concerns that the Chinese-owned app could be sharing Americans' data with the Chinese government. TikTok says this is not happening.

  4. NewsBusters

    TikTok Claims Communist China’s Company Employees Can Access US Data: Report (opens NewsBusters)

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    NewsBusters's feed description

    Viral social media app TikTok reportedly claimed its employees who are based in China can access data from users in the United States.

  5. The Conversation US

    Concerns over TikTok feeding user data to Beijing are back – and there's good evidence to support them (opens The Conversation US)

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    The Conversation US's feed description

    TikTok has admitted its Chinese employees have access to user data collected outside China.

  6. Breitbart News

    TikTok Confirms Employees in China Can Access American User Data (opens Breitbart News)

    Published

    Breitbart News's feed description

    The Chinese-owned video app TikTok has confirmed that employees within the communist dictatorship can access the personal data of U.S. users.

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