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    12 hours ago

    Lawmakers and the White House have justified the crackdown on TikTok by claiming the app’s link to Beijing makes it a national security threat. But supporters of a ban have not offered direct evidence of the Chinese government ever attempting to obtain data from the company, nor any proof that authorities there have ever influenced content on the platform used by 170 million Americans.

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      2 hours ago

      Lmao

      ByteDance publicly admitted they stored the user data in Beijing in 2023.

      The userdata includes location service, facial analysis, usage data, contacts, photo library, messages, and sound recordings in addition to the things people actually uploaded.