• Lee Duna@lemmy.nzOP
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    9 months ago

    This was on AP News the day before

    Both the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission have warned that TikTok owner ByteDance could share user data — such as browsing history, location and biometric identifiers — with China’s authoritarian government. Biden in 2022 banned the use of TikTok by the federal government’s nearly 4 million employees on devices owned by its agencies, with limited exceptions for law enforcement, national security and security research purposes. The secretive and powerful Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has been reviewing the app for years.

    Biden’s campaign joins TikTok, even as administration warns of national security concerns with app

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      9 months ago

      Yes, I know they’re terrified of China spying on people with TikTok. Which is why they wouldn’t use a phone which could access sensitive documents on it.