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TikTok Could Control Data and Divide Americans, FBI’s Wray Says
9Mar By adminNo Comments
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TikTok Could Control Data and Divide Americans, FBI’s Wray Says

[ad_1] FBI Director Christopher Wray said TikTok could be used to control data and software on millions of devices in the US and drive narratives to divide Americans while even intelligence agencies might miss manipulation by the Chinese-owned video app.“We're not sure that we would see many of the outward signs of it happening if it was happening,” Wray said Wednesday. “This is a tool that is ultimately within the control of the Chinese government and to me it screams out with national security concerns.” Wray responded to questions from Republican Senator Marco Rubio during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the annual report on worldwide threats from US intelligence agencies. Rubio called TikTok, the popular app owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., “one of the most valuabl...
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TikTok Reveals Russian Disinformation Network Targeting European Users
10Feb By adminNo Comments
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TikTok Reveals Russian Disinformation Network Targeting European Users

[ad_1] TikTok Inc. identified a Russian disinformation network spreading war propaganda about Ukraine to more than a hundred thousand European users over the summer, the company disclosed on Thursday. The network operated in Russia, but targeted mostly people in Germany, Italy and the UK in their respective languages. About 1,700 accounts belonging to the network were able to spread anti-Ukrainian messages by masquerading as accounts created by local users. Between July and September 2022 the accounts attracted 133,564 followers, it added. It is unclear whether the network was linked to the Russian government. The revelations were disclosed in a report submitted under the EU's Code of Practice on Disinformation, a voluntary commitment from online platforms to combat misinformation...
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EU tells TikTok to respect data laws as CEO visits
11Jan By adminNo Comments
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EU tells TikTok to respect data laws as CEO visits

[ad_1] The European Union warned Chinese-owned online giant TikTok on Tuesday to respect EU law and ensure the safety of European users' data. The European Union warned Chinese-owned online giant TikTok on Tuesday to respect EU law and ensure the safety of European users' data, as the video-sharing app's CEO met top officials in Brussels.TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is Chinese, has come under fierce Western scrutiny in recent months amid concerns over how much access Beijing has to user data. TiKTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew held talks for the first time with EU vice-presidents Margrethe Vestager and Vera Jourova, the bloc's home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson and justice commissioner Didier Reynders. "I count on TikTok to fully execute its commitments to go the extr...
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ByteDance Employees Inappropriately Gained Access to TikTok User Data
23Dec By adminNo Comments
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ByteDance Employees Inappropriately Gained Access to TikTok User Data

[ad_1] TikTok parent company ByteDance Ltd. found that some employees inappropriately gained access to data for some American users, complicating the Chinese technology giant’s already-fraught efforts to convince US lawmakers that its app is secure. TikTok parent company ByteDance Ltd. found that some employees inappropriately gained access to data for some American users, complicating the Chinese technology giant's already-fraught efforts to convince US lawmakers that its app is secure.“The individuals involved misused their authority to obtain access to TikTok user data,” Shou Chew, chief executive officer of the popular mobile video-sharing app, told employees in a memo viewed by Bloomberg. The data access stemmed from an internal ByteDance investigation launched over the summer to...
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TikTok Draws Bipartisan Fire in US on China Surveillance Concern
21Nov By adminNo Comments
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TikTok Draws Bipartisan Fire in US on China Surveillance Concern

[ad_1] Two US senators called TikTok a Chinese surveillance tool, issuing a bipartisan warning as the Biden administration weighs a deal that could let the video-sharing app keep operating in the US. Two US senators called TikTok a Chinese surveillance tool, issuing a bipartisan warning as the Biden administration weighs a deal that could let the video-sharing app keep operating in the US.“It's not just the content you upload to TikTok but all the data on your phone, other apps, all your personal information, even facial imagery, even where your eyes are looking on your phone,” Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton said on “Fox News Sunday.” TikTok is “one of the most massive surveillance programs ever, especially on America's young people,” he said. The app is “an enormous threat,” Senate I...
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TikTok Faces Hefty Privacy Fine in UK Children’s Data Probe
26Sep By adminNo Comments
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TikTok Faces Hefty Privacy Fine in UK Children’s Data Probe

[ad_1] TikTok faces a possible fine of $29 mn after the UK’s privacy watchdog found the it may have breached data protection rules. ByteDance Ltd.'s TikTok faces a possible fine of 27 million pounds ($28.9 million) after the UK's privacy watchdog found the company may have breached data protection rules by failing to sufficiently protect children's data. The Information Commissioner's Office said Monday it issued TikTok with a notice of intent, laying out its plans for a potential fine and its findings. The authority's provisional findings include that TikTok probably failed to get the necessary parental consent from minors that use its platform, and processed some data without legal grounds. “We will carefully consider ...
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