The Senate Intelligence Committee asks the FTC to investigate whether TikTok misled US lawmakers about China-based ByteDance employees accessing US user data
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Discussion
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@viacristiano
Cristiano Lima
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INBOX: Senate Intel Chair @MarkWarner & Vice Chair @marcorubio call on FTC to investigate reports U.S. TikTok user data has been accessed from China https://twitter.com/...
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@jerrydunleavy
Jerry Dunleavy
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Mark Warner & Marco Rubio to Federal Trade Commission chairwoman Lina Khan about Chinese-owned TikTok: “In light of repeated misrepresentations by TikTok concerning its data security, data processing, & corporate governance practices, we urge you to act promptly on this matter.” …
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@karlbode
Karl Bode
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You could smash TikTok into a million pieces with a giant patriotic hammer and the Chinese government could just buy the same data from a million different sources because we don't believe in rules. stop being myopic, corrupt weirdos and pass a decent privacy law, ffs.
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@markwarner
Mark Warner
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It's a real concern when major communications apps are subject to authoritarian government requests - read more about what we're doing about it here: https://www.forbes.com/...
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@karlbode
Karl Bode
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I see lawmakers are truly dedicated to this whole hyperventilating exclusively about TikTok thing. It's crazy but what if I told you the entire app/telecom/adtech snoopvertising industry is a zero accountability privacy shit show? https://twitter.com/...
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@adamkovac
Adam Kovacevich
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Good step, though this might be more of a matter for natsec agencies rather than FTC https://twitter.com/...
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@markwarner
Mark Warner
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For years, TikTok has assured lawmakers that user data - and business operations - were effectively firewalled from the People's Republic of China. I'm working with @MarcoRubio in light of reports neither claim is true.