TikTok insiders say social media company is tightly controlled by Chinese parent ByteDance
PUBLISHED FRI, JUN 25 20214:31 PM EDT | UPDATED FRI, JUN 25 20218:09 PM EDT
by Salvador Rodriguez
One cybersecurity expert said it could expose users to information requests by the Chinese government. “If the legal authorities in China or their parent company demands the data, users have already given them the legal right to turn it over,” said Bryan Cunningham, executive director of the Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute at the University of California, Irvine.
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