TikTok has been under US scrutiny since 2019 over concerns that Chinese actors might tap those users’ information for espionage or other harmful purposes. — AFP Relaxnews
TikTok users would still risk having personal data exposed to hacking and espionage by China even if the Biden administration forges a security agreement designed to spare the video platform from a total US ban.
That’s the conclusion of former national security officials and other experts as the Justice Department reviews an accord that would keep the popular video-streaming app, which is owned by China’s ByteDance Ltd, accessible to its millions of US users.
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