The success of this social network was accompanied by doubts from Western countries who fear that ByteDance could share user data with the Chinese government.
TikTok is in the crosshairs of governments and international institutions, given the suspicion that the Chinese authorities are the Right to privacy through the data collected in this application.
To dispel these doubts, TikTok’s executive director Shou Zi Chew will appear before a US Congressional committee this Thursday for the first time.
In these moments of geopolitical strife, some governments and institutions westerners they have banned the app on their official phones for national security reasons.
TikTok is an application that allows you to create short videos using mobile devices with millions of views. The social network has become one of the favorites of many young people who, in addition to entertainment, use it as a tool to look up information about everyday matters or to keep abreast of the latest news.
What’s the problem?
This success was accompanied by doubts from Western countries who fear that ByteDance could share the data of users of the social network with the Chinese government. Something that is against safety regulations, especially in Europe. Moreover, like other platforms, TikTok has also been accused of offering content that may be harmful to youth and adolescents.
The United States was the first country to impose restrictions on the Chinese network, it was the United States in 2020, where an estimated two-thirds of adolescents use it. In the midst of the tariff war with China, Donald Trump banned downloading the application until its subsidiary in the United States was sold to a national company.
On February 23 this year, the European Commission and the Council of the EU banned their employees from installing or using the application on official devices to further strengthen cybersecurity measures.
Source: EITB
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