{"id":1539045,"date":"2022-07-05T06:49:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T10:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1539045"},"modified":"2022-07-05T06:49:34","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T10:49:34","slug":"tiktok-confirms-chinese-employees-can-access-american-user-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-confirms-chinese-employees-can-access-american-user-data\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok Confirms Chinese Employees Can Access American User Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Ftiktok-confirms-chinese-employees-can-access-american-user-data%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=1539045&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--><p class=\"subheading\">The Chinese-owned video app TikTok has confirmed that employees within the communist dictatorship can access the personal data of U.S. users.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-07-01\/tiktok-says-some-china-based-employees-can-access-us-user-data?srnd=premium\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that the Chinese-owned viral video app TikTok has revealed that certain company employees based in China have access to the personal information of American users. The company\u2019s admission came in a letter to nine U.S. senators who accused TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance Ltd., of monitoring U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_21447991\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/06\/Shouzi-Chew-CEO-of-TikTok-parent-ByteDance.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shouzi Chew, chief executive officer of TikTok Inc. (Christopher Goodney\/Bloomberg\/Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20375615\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/oscarsIGinfluencers1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20375615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/oscarsIGinfluencers1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">TikTok influencers Florin Vitan (L) and Alessia Lanza perform a video (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA \/ AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The senators asked TikTok whether China-based employees have access to U.S. users\u2019 data, what role those employees play in developing TikTok\u2019s algorithm, and if any of that information was shared with the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The CEO of TikTok parent company ByteDance, Shou Zi Chew, said in a June 30\u00a0<a title=\"TikTok Tells US Senators That It\u2019s Working on Data Practices\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/o\/HPbKl\/https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-07-01\/tiktok-tells-us-senators-that-it-s-working-on-data-practices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a>\u00a0that China-based employees who clear a number of internal security protocols can access certain information on U.S.-based TikTok users including public videos and comments. Chew claims that none of this information is shared with the Chinese government and is subject to \u201crobust cybersecurity controls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company claims that it is working on strengthening data security around sensitive information, including any that is defined as \u201cprotected\u201d by the\u00a0Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS). This new cybersecurity effort is called \u201cProject Texas\u201d and includes physically storing U.S. information in data centers on U.S. servers owned by Oracle Corp.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTikTok\u2019s response confirms our fears about the CCP\u2019s influence in the company were well founded,\u201d Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told Bloomberg on Friday. \u201cThe Chinese-run company should have come clean from the start, but it attempted to shroud its work in secrecy. Americans need to know if they are on TikTok, Communist China has their information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-07-01\/tiktok-says-some-china-based-employees-can-access-us-user-data?srnd=premium\">Bloomberg here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese-owned video app TikTok has confirmed that employees within the communist dictatorship can access the personal data of U.S. users. 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