He called on other companies to do the same thing.
On July 29, then-CEO Kevin Mayer, an American, promised more transparency around how the app works, including making its algorithm available to experts. TikTok has emphasized its ties to the US and its independence from China.
"We even expressed our willingness to pursue a full sale of the US business to an American company." In fact, we make our moderation guidelines and algorithm source code available in our Transparency Center, which is a level of accountability no peer company has committed to," TikTok said. "We have made clear that TikTok has never shared user data with the Chinese government, nor censored content at its request. The company's blog post following the initial executive order spells out TikTok's objections. (TikTok told the Journal that it's committed to the privacy and safety of its users.) What has TikTok done to address those concerns? The Wall Street Journal found that the TikTok app for Android surreptitiously collected device identifiers known as MAC addresses, though the practice ended in November. Intelligence agencies have determined Chinese authorities could collect data through TikTok, but there is no evidence they've done so, according to The New York Times. There'll always be concerns when apps from foreign companies collect large amounts of user data, said tech policy expert Betsy Cooper, director of the Aspen Policy Hub.īut, she added, "it's unclear how much effort the administration will put into actually investigating the seriousness of the specific security concerns with the app versus using this as a threat for broader geopolitical leverage." TikTok's access to US users' data may well be worth investigating. "This data collection threatens to allow the Chinese Communist Party access to Americans' personal and proprietary information - potentially allowing China to track the locations of Federal employees and contractors, build dossiers of personal information for blackmail, and conduct corporate espionage."
"TikTok automatically captures vast swaths of information from its users, including internet and other network activity information such as location data and browsing and search histories," the president's initial executive order reads. The statements didn't satisfy the Trump administration. TikTok also says none of its data is subject to Chinese law. TikTok says all US user data is stored in the US, with a backup in Singapore. China critics often cite a 2017 law that requires Chinese companies and citizens to comply with all matters of national security. The concern stems in part from the perceived inability of Chinese companies to reject requests from China's ruling Communist Party to access user data.
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