TikTok is under heightened scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers and the FCC amid claims that it has not kept its promise to isolate American user data from its China-based parent company, ByteDance. Despite TikTok's investment of $1.5 billion in Project Texas, a special unit intended to secure U.S. data, reports from current and former employees and internal documents indicate that the data is still occasionally shared with ByteDance. The situation has sparked concerns about the political risks of TikTok's presence in the U.S., likening it to a scenario where Stalin would control American TV networks during the 1950s. The issue is receiving attention on Capitol Hill, with top lawmakers warning of the dangers and FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr reporting that TikTok has continued to share protected U.S. user data with ByteDance.
TikTok has spent $1.5 billion building an operation to convince U.S. lawmakers that the app will no longer send Americans’ data to Communist China. How much more will they spend on smoke and mirrors when we all know the truth?
TikTok’s pricey plan to wall off Americans’ data isn’t going well https://t.co/Ln0AT54v5A
NEW: TikTok has continued to share protected U.S. user data with ByteDance -- an entity beholden to the CCP -- despite TikTok's pledge to protect Americans' data, the @WSJ reports. https://t.co/HyYindNdj1
On Tuesday's #TWTFrontPage: Top U.S. officials have vowed retaliation against Iran-backed militias after a drone attack killed three Americans in Jordan, TikTok and China-based parent company ByteDance remain under intense scrutiny in Washington, and more. https://t.co/D0GUcPyxcy https://t.co/Ko1ZcwlLgp
#TikTok said it has spent $1.5B building an operation intended to convince U.S. lawmakers that the app is safe: WSJ
TikTok and China-based parent company ByteDance remain under intense scrutiny in Washington. #TWTFrontPage https://t.co/ejufkvt55H
"TikTok said it had walled off U.S. data in its Project Texas unit, but employees say data is still sometimes shared with its China-based parent" https://t.co/jP80sXx1k3 Wake up, America! This is where most of our future voters get their "news"!
TikTok said it has spent $1.5 billion building an operation intended to convince U.S. lawmakers that the popular video-sharing app is safe.: WSJ That's a lot of spending on bribes, errr, lobbying and stuff.
TikTok spent $1.5B to convince US lawmakers that the popular video-sharing app is safe. It has failed to live up to those promises. “I’m skeptical that TikTok’s efforts here ever had any value,” said Jacob Helberg, a member of the @USCC_GOV https://t.co/GoaW3jZWqX
TikTok said it had walled off U.S. data in its Project Texas unit, but employees say data is still sometimes shared with its China-based parent https://t.co/nMsMyU1Hnd via @WSJ doesnt matter, 0 political will in DC in an election year to do anything about it
TikTok says it spent $1.5 billion to hive off American data in a special stand-alone unit, but that data is still sometimes shared with its China-based parent, say current and former employees and internal documents. @georgia_wells https://t.co/eVuHH48O7L https://t.co/eVuHH48O7L
TikTok said it had walled off U.S. data in its Project Texas unit, but employees say data is still sometimes shared with its China-based parent https://t.co/oDlHeFnM7j https://t.co/oDlHeFnM7j
New Hill scrutiny for TikTok as top lawmaker warns of dangers https://t.co/I6Z5nU029h
The only “political risk” of banning TikTok accrues its CCP overlords actively using it to sabotage America and our allies This isn’t hard - if you wouldn’t let Stalin run all three US TV networks in 1950, you’d ban TikTok https://t.co/whHNKnSsL8
TikTok is a Chinese government propaganda and spy tool. Full stop. It should be banned, as should any company or app that shares Americans’ data with our enemy, the CCP. Full stop. https://t.co/00H52QqfDT
Ban TikTok. It’s a CCP propaganda tool and terrible for the country. https://t.co/hzG1T6eVCH
TikTok is a tool for CCP propaganda. The app should not be on government devices. IRS’s noncompliance with the law Congress passed to ban it on federal devices is concerning. The Agency must work to fully comply to safeguard the data of American taxpayers.…