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FCC Commissioner Asks Apple and Google to Remove TikTok From App Stores
30.06.2022 - 03:23 / thewrap.com
“TikTok is not just another video app. That’s the sheep’s clothing.
It harvests swaths of sensitive data that new reports show are being accessed in Beijing,” he said, referencing the popular video app’s Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance.Carr, who was previously General Counsel for the FCC, shared the June 24 letter he sent to both tech companies on Twitter, along with the message: “I’ve called on @Apple & @Google to remove TikTok from their app stores for its pattern of surreptitious data practices.”He added, “Numerous provisions of Apple’s & Google’s policies are relevant to TikTok’s pattern of surreptitious data harvesting—a pattern that runs contrary to its public representations. And there’s plenty of precedent for holding TikTok accountable by booting it from these app stores.”TikTok is not just another video app.That’s the sheep’s clothing.It harvests swaths of sensitive data that new reports show are being accessed in Beijing.I’ve called on @Apple & @Google to remove TikTok from their app stores for its pattern of surreptitious data practices.
pic.twitter.com/Le01fBpNjnCarr’s letter calls ByteDance “beholden” to the Chinese government and stated that the company is “required by law to comply with [Chinese government] surveillance demands.” He cited a June 17 BuzzFeed News report that alleged ByteDance employees in China have accessed US TikTok users’ data, including birth dates and phone numbers on multiple occasions. Carr said the report, which was conducted by an external auditor on BuzzFeed’s behalf, demonstrates that TikTok is “out of compliance with the policies that both [Apple and Google] require every app to adhere to.”TikTok called theBuzzFeed report “misleading” in a statement sent to CNN: “Like
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15.07.2022 / 20:01
TikTok Global Chief Security Officer Steps Down in Reorg to ‘Minimize Concerns’ Over U.S. User Data
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorVeteran security exec Roland Cloutier is stepping down after two and half years as TikTok’s global chief security officer. According to TikTok, the change is part of a restructuring in how the app provider, owned by China’s ByteDance, manages data of U.S.-based users — amid heightened scrutiny from some U.S. lawmakers.“Part of our evolving approach has been to minimize concerns about the security of user data in the U.S., including the creation of a new department to manage U.S.
nypost.com
06.07.2022 / 18:37
Robert Irwin reacts to woman asking for his number, reveals if he’s dating
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02.07.2022 / 12:47
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TikTok is the latest social media platform to come under the scrutiny of US lawmakers, with Republican senators and a regulator both arguing that the app poses a national security risk.
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02.07.2022 / 00:15
TikTok CEO Says Employees in China Will Have Access to Only ‘Narrow, Non-Sensitive’ U.S. User Data
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe CEO of TikTok tried to reassure U.S. lawmakers — who have renewed concerns over its sharing of U.S. user data with employees in China — that the video app company is taking steps to restrict that access to only a “narrow” slice of data.TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew sent a letter dated June 30 to nine GOP senators in response to their inquiry this week “demanding answers on TikTok’s backdoor data access for Beijing,” a reference to China’s communist regime.
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The Chainsmokers respond to ‘Paris’ becoming pro-abortion anthem on TikTok
The Chainsmokers have spoken out after their track ‘Paris’ began trending on TikTok as a pro-abortion anthem.The EDM duo’s 2017 song started gaining traction on the video platform following the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that protects a person’s right to safely terminate a pregnancy in the US.For the first time in nearly five decades, abortion will no longer be protected as a federal right in America.
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30.06.2022 / 01:11
TikTok Should Be Banned by Apple and Google App Stores, Trump-Appointed FCC Commissioner Opines
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTikTok, the massively popular short-form video app, is in the crosshairs of American policymakers again over its ownership by Chinese internet giant ByteDance.Brendan Carr, a Republican commissioner of the FCC, posted a letter to Apple and Google on Twitter, urging the tech giants to remove TikTok from their respective app stores — calling it “an unacceptable national security risk.”“TikTok is not just another video app. That’s the sheep’s clothing,” Carr, who was appointed to the FCC in 2017 by Donald Trump, said in the tweet Tuesday accompanying the letter.
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Laid-off factory worker unseats Charli D’Amelio as top TikTok star with 142.8M fans
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