{"id":1521809,"date":"2022-06-18T08:34:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T12:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1521809"},"modified":"2022-06-18T08:34:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T12:34:17","slug":"leaked-audio-from-internal-tiktok-meetings-shows-that-u-s-user-data-has-been-repeatedly-accessed-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-audio-from-internal-tiktok-meetings-shows-that-u-s-user-data-has-been-repeatedly-accessed-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked Audio From Internal Tiktok Meetings Shows That U.S. User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleaked-audio-from-internal-tiktok-meetings-shows-that-u-s-user-data-has-been-repeatedly-accessed-from-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1521809&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-qpwrb4\">\n<div class=\"dcr-17igkm0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1nupfq9\">\n<div class=\"dcr-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"dcr-13a2edo\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-125vfar\">TikTok moves to ease fears amid report workers in China accessed US users\u2019 data<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-zjgnrw\">\n<div class=\"dcr-u4zu7g\">\n<p>The company has said that Oracle will store all private information and is limiting the number of employees with those privileges<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-pn0kqp\">\n<div class=\"dcr-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"dcr-16n5mgq\">\n<figure id=\"0ee54ea8-eabb-4e35-bf9f-d77946f13a45\" class=\"dcr-13udsys\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1b267dg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 980px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 980px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 980px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 740px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 740px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 740px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 660px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 375px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 375px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 375px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 320px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 0px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 0px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The silhouette of a hand holding a smartphone with the TikTok logo on it is shown against the backdrop of a city skyline at dusk.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b5e8ce0335365d9cefbc897c172c552432461138\/0_91_3543_2126\/master\/3543.jpg?width=465&#038;quality=45&#038;auto=format&#038;fit=max&#038;dpr=2&#038;s=259a8ebbe26256c16a5c90756d17ec60\" height=\"84\" width=\"140\" class=\"dcr-1989ovb\" \/><span class=\"dcr-172h6t9\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-ho1qnd\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1kjku2s\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1e2h9sk\"><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"the-checkbox\" \/> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-l6t30p\"><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"lines\" class=\"dcr-1o781fl\">\n<div class=\"dcr-krkkhw\">\n<div class=\"dcr-ss9mnu\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-1jw1u7l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-3yvhhs\">\n<div tabindex=\"0\" id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-j7ihvk\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector  dcr-18wsxay\">\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">TikTok has said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/oracle\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Oracle<\/a> will store all the data from its US users, in a bid to allay fears about its safety in the hands of a platform owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">The move comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/emilybakerwhite\/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">as a report from BuzzFeed news<\/a>, citing leaked audio from TikTok in-house meetings, said ByteDance employees in China have repeatedly accessed private information about US TikTok users.<\/p>\n<div id=\"sign-in-gate\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">The popular video snippet sharing service has fended off concerns about the ability of engineers in China to access information about US users that isn\u2019t public. It is common for some engineers at internet firms to be granted access to data, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/tiktok\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">TikTok<\/a> told AFP it is trying to minimize that kind of system privilege.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"2b78898c-56e5-4403-b18d-14eae5fa23c0\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-1mfia18\">\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-3 | 3\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-name=\"placeholder\" class=\"dcr-f2ug42\">\n<div class=\"dcr-s7oxzu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/may\/25\/twitter-user-data-advertising-settlement\" class=\"dcr-g65o95\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-noynp9\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-1d91meq\">\n<div class=\"dcr-m4qltb\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1gqsble\">Twitter fined $150m for handing users\u2019 contact details to advertisers<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-1a318iq\">\n<div class=\"dcr-dobi02\">Read more<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">\u201cSimilar to industry peers, we will continue to drive our goal of limiting the number of employees who have access to user data and the scenarios where data access is enabled,\u201d said Roland Cloutier, the TikTok chief information security officer, in a blog post highlighted by the company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">\u201cOur goal is to minimize data access across regions so that, for example, employees in the (Asia Pacific) region, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/china\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">China<\/a>, would have very minimal access to user data from the EU and US.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">TikTok has been adamant that it has never given US user data to Chinese officials and that it would refuse if asked to do so.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">\u201cWe\u2019ve brought in world class internal and external security experts to help us strengthen our data security efforts,\u201d a TikTok spokesperson told AFP. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">TikTok will continue to use its own datacenters in Virginia and Singapore to backup information as it works to \u201cfully pivot\u201d to relying on Oracle in the United States, it said in a post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">\u201cWe know we are among the most scrutinized platforms from a security standpoint, and we aim to remove any doubt about the security of US user data,\u201d said Albert Calamug, who handles US security public policy at TikTok.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">Joe Biden last year revoked executive orders from his predecessor Donald Trump seeking to ban Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat from US markets on national security concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">Trump had given his blessing to a plan that would have given TikTok to US tech giant Oracle with investments from retail powerhouse Walmart, but that deal failed to win approval in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">Biden\u2019s new executive order nixed the unimplemented ban and called for \u201can evidence-based analysis to address the risks\u201d from internet applications controlled by foreign entities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">WeChat, part of Chinese tech giant Tencent, is a \u201csuper app\u201d which includes social networking, messaging, e-commerce and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">TikTok revealed late last year that it had a billion users worldwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">\u201cToday, 100% of US user traffic is being routed to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure,\u201d Calamug said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-xry7m2\">\u201cIn addition, we\u2019re working closely with Oracle to develop data management protocols that Oracle will audit and manage to give users even more peace of mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div 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