Questions over how ByteDance collects and shares information – and who the company shares it with – have been plaguing the social media giant for months.
"When the data is misused, what you’ve seen historically is it’s misused for advertising, data creation, business analytics purposes where it was not intended to," Tsarynny said. "What we’ve seen with ByteDance, they were. That’s a completely different impact … That’s what is alarming."
"It’s not really as much about ownership of the company or ownership of the data, it’s about control and vetting people who have control over the data, perhaps to the same extent as people who have access to the Pentagon or other sensitive institutions," he continued. "This data can have significant impacts on nation states.
Under a $1.5 billion project dubbed Project Texas that's underway, data from U.S. users is being routed through servers controlled by Oracle, the Silicon Valley company it partnered with in an effort to avoid a nationwide ban.University of Massachusetts sounds alarm on TikTok drinking trend after nearly 30 students taken to hospital
House Energy and Commerce Committee member Rep. Buddy Carter questions TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew during a committee hearing on March 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. At the same time, lawmakers have introduced measures that would expand the Biden administration's authority to enact a national ban on TikTok. The White House has already backed a Senate proposal that has bipartisan support.
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