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TikTok and the US surveillance state

2023-08-23 19:54:55.950785+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

You know all of the racist "OMG, TikTok is a tool of an oppressive Chinese surveillance state" bullshit that's flying around? Yeah, turns out that it's propaganda to try to strong-arm TikTok into being a tool of another oppressive surveillance state.

Gizmodo: The Feds Asked TikTok for Lots of Domestic Spying Features

“As has been widely reported, we’ve been working with CFIUS for well over a year to implement a national security agreement and have invested significant resources in implementing a firewall to isolate U.S. user data,” a TikTok spokesperson said. “Today, all new protected U.S. user data is stored in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in the U.S. with tightly controlled and monitored gateways. We are doing more than any peer company to safeguard U.S. national security interests.”

Of course there's lots of stuff in this article about how TikTok is being more cooperative than other sites in sharing info with US intelligence agencies, but I think we can pretty much assume that all of the social media sites are doing so.

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