TikTok, which started its adventure as a Chinese origin, was recently forced to transfer its activities in the USA to another company. The reason behind this pressure is the anger between the US and China. privacy concerns was giving birth. in the USA TikTok Although it is thought that the data of its users cannot be accessed by employees in China, it is an issue that has been put forward. privacy claimcaused panic.
Chinese hackers have so far damaged the USA and many other countries in terms of software. It has always been a matter of confidentiality that intelligence agents work together with hackers, and that information that can even be considered a state secret is given to the Chinese Government on a golden platter. If the allegations are true, the US Government has new reasons for concern.
TikTok data of US users may be stored in China
Although TikTok is managed by a company called Bytedance all over the world, things are a little different in the US. With the legislative order issued by Donald Trump in the country, the data of TikTok users in the USA was separated. US data Only Bytedance employees in the USA would be visible. However, according to recent allegations, employees in China still have access to that data.
According to the claim of some employees speaking to Buzfeed, China’s data in the USA From September 2021 to January 2022 had access. However, there are still employees who are authorized to see all the data. Even in the system access to everything It was said that there was also a Chinese employee nicknamed ‘master manager’. These allegations may trigger more US data security concerns.
TikTok has reiterated to date that data in the US will never be shared with the Chinese Government. While it is unknown whether the data went to the Chinese Government, given the oppressive government in the country those who worry it could be. But let’s look at the glass from a different angle, the data of Turkish users was always visible to China. This is the situation in our country and in the rest of the world.
In the future, China’s oppressive policies and the cyber fear it inflicts on other countries may push other countries to take decisions similar to those in the USA. Yet in our country TikTok ban It’s too early to say it will happen, but let’s not forget that TikTok is not as reliable as other social media platforms.
Do you think there will be a social media law in Turkey due to data privacy?