– It’s sick, I think he should keep TikTok. His thing with China shouldn’t ruin it for us, says American Z’yanna Gillespie whom news met in Washington. She talks about US President Joe Biden wanting to ban TikTok from being downloaded to US mobile phones. Today Tiktok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before the US House of Representatives. Denies that they are agents China owns one percent of the parent company Bytedance. At the same time, they have more rights than the percentage indicates. Several politicians in the US are therefore concerned that data from American Tiktok users could end up with the Chinese authorities. Several countries have moved to ban politicians and government employees from having the app on their official mobile phone. Photo: Thomson Reuters (Do not use this version of the image) – Bytedance is not an agent for China or any other country. TikTok has never shared, or been asked to share, US user data with the Chinese authorities, Chew’s statement from today’s hearing will say, among other things. More than 100 million Americans use the app, which was also tried to be banned in the United States by former president Donald Trump in 2020. What is dangerous about TikTok? Is it a spy app for China, or is it a harmless app where you can post dance videos and share food tips? Several countries are introducing bans on TikTok. What are they so afraid of? He was stopped by the judiciary. Worldwide, TikTok claims to have over a billion users. – Reminders of a spy app There have also been discussions about TikTok in Norway. No ministers, state secretaries or political advisers should have TikTok or Telegram on their mobiles. Today it also became known that the Storting prohibits their representatives from having the apps on their mobile phones. Elisabeth Haugsbø is an IT expert and says she would never download the app. – For me, it reminds me too much of a spy app, says Haugsbø. IT expert Elisabeth Haugsbø believes that TikTok resembles a spy app. She believes the video app asks for too much information than you think is necessary. – When I read the contract with TikTok, I thought: This is a bit special. It collects a lot of technical information about the mobile. Among other things, TikTok can see your transactions, content of messages you send via TikTok and it collects information about how you write. – Why do they need to know how you move your fingers over the keyboard? What will it be used for? TikTok is not the first tech giant that has had to be consulted. In 2018, Facebook CEO Zuckerberg had to explain himself in a major privacy scandal, after Cambridge Analytica gained access to several million accounts. – Can you trust Facebook more than TikTok and the Chinese? – I would say that you should not trust anyone. When it comes to trusting someone more than others, you tolerate more from a country that is in alliance with the West than a country that is not, says Haugsbø.
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