Exclusive: TikTok Confirms Some U.S. User Data Is Stored In China
TikTok has said under oath that Americans’ data has always been stored outside China. Now it’s saying there are big exceptions for creators.| Forbes
TikTok has said under oath that Americans’ data has always been stored outside China. Now it’s saying there are big exceptions for creators.| Forbes
ByteDance appears to be using word lists to detect or suppress content about everything from TikTok rival YouTube to marginalized Uyghurs to 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump.| Forbes
Months before the U.S. government demanded ByteDance divest from TikTok, the Department Of Justice’s Criminal Division subpoenaed the app’s Chinese parent company, according to a source.| Forbes
ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists’ physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.| Forbes
The project, assigned to a Beijing-led team, would have involved accessing location data from some U.S. users’ devices without their knowledge or consent.| Forbes
For the past four years the Biden administration and TikTok have been negotiating a deal to resolve national security concerns posed by the Chinese-owned app. Here’s a look inside a draft of the deal.| Forbes
TikTok has stored the most sensitive financial data of its biggest stars — those in its "Creator Fund" — on servers in China.| Forbes
In 2021, TikTok became the most visited website in the world. Since then, it has led trends in American culture and commerce, and played an increasing role in civic and political discourse around the world.| Forbes
