Is TikTok Safe? - Investigating Privacy and Security Risks
This comprehensive article investigates TikTok's safety as a social media platform amidst legislative actions to block or regulate it due to national security concerns. The U.S. House of Representatives has initiated a bill forcing TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the platform to a non-Chinese entity to continue operations in the U.S. The article also addresses privacy issues, such as unauthorized data sharing with the Chinese government, extensive tracking, and scams, while comparing these practices with those of U.S.-based social media companies. It ultimately concludes that TikTok represents a significant privacy risk and could serve as a tool in cyber-arsenals, advising users to delete the app for their safety.
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