The U.S. Department of Justice has accused the popular social network TikTok of implementing a search system that allowed its employees to collect information on sensitive topics for American society, such as abortion, religion and gun control
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted in favor of a bill that could lead to the ban of the popular platform TikTok in the country
Chew will testify on March 23, where he will be the sole witness at the hearing about TikTok’s privacy and data security practices
TikTok surpassed 3.5 billion all-time downloads in Q1 2021
The lawsuit accuses the four social networks of designing their applications to make them addictive to minors
Mason Dark, a teenager from Wake Forest, North Carolina, and his friends were trying to replicate a TikTok challenge known as “The Flame Thrower Challenge"
The RESTRICT Act would give the Commerce Department the ability to restrict, and even ban, TikTok and other technologies if they are considered to pose national security risks
Abbott said TikTok would be banned from government-issued cell phones, laptops, tablets, and desktops to protect sensitive information pertaining to the state government
TikTok said the reported tracking features exist but that it is not using them.
According to the lawmakers, it is unclear whether TikTok can protect the privacy of its users and safeguard U.S. user data from the Chinese government