The Irish Data Privacy Commission announced that TikTok is facing a new European Union privacy investigation into user data sent to China.
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EU privacy watchdog fined TikTok $600 million after a four-year investigation found that data transfers to China put users at risk of spying, in breach of strict EU data privacy rules.
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The US Justice Department has sued TikTok, accusing the company of illegally collecting children’s data and violating an online privacy law.
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History of TikTok and how it many view it as a national security threat.
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The House passed legislation that would ban TikTok if its China-based owner ByteDance doesn’t sell its stakes in the popular social media platform within six months of the bill’s enactment.
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European regulators slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine for failing to protect children’s privacy, the first time that the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe’s strict data privacy rules.
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Former ByteDance executive said China government officials maintained access to all TikTok data, including information stored in the United States.
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The UK’s data protection regulator fined TikTok £12.7 million for “failing to use children’s personal data lawfully”
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TikTok general counsel says company is trying to make it physically impossible for any government, including China, to access to U.S. user data.
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So how serious is the threat of using TikTok? Should TikTok users who don’t work for the government be worried about the app, too?
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