2022: Forbes reported that ByteDance, as part of an internal task force known as Project Raven, tracked Forbes journalists using IP addresses and user data obtained from TikTok. 2023: To quell data privacy concerns, TikTok proposed two new initiatives, Project Clover and Project Texas, in which...
Among other measures, Microsoft would ensure that all private data of TikTok’s American users is transferred to and remains in the United States. To the extent that any such data is currently stored or backed-up outside the United States, Microsoft would ensure that this data is deleted from...
To address privacy concerns, Tik-Tok said it has spent more than $1.5 billion on data security efforts under "Project Texas", which currently has nearly 1,500 full-time employees and is contracted with Oracle Corporation to store TikTok's US user data.Outside of the hearing, TikTok gained...
TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is based in China, has been under scrutiny in Europe over how it handles personal information of its users amid concerns from Western officials that it poses a security risk over user data sent to China. In 2023, the watchdog fined the company hundreds ...
To address privacy concerns, Tik-Tok said it has spent more than $1.5 billion on data security efforts under "Project Texas", which currently has nearly 1,500 full-time employees and is contracted with Oracle Corporation to store TikTok's US user data. ...
With the rapid development of social media, user privacy and data security have become major concerns. In recent years, TikTok has emerged as a global sensation, but its privacy issues have sparked …
doi:10.1016/s0262-4079(19)32341-3Chris Stokel-Walker
It has embarked on a project to localize European user data to address those concerns: opening a data center in Dublin this month, which will be the first of three on the continent. Data privacy regulators in Britain, which left the EU in January 2020, fined TikTok 12.7 million pounds ...
concerns over whether the personal data of its citizens can be accessed and its content manipulated by China's Communist Party or any other entity under Beijing's influence. Pressure on the company increased following its admission last month that some of its employees improperly acc...
In March 2023, the UK government banned the usage of TikTok on the electronic devices of ministers and other government employees due to security concerns about handling their personal data. In the same month, BBC also ordered its employees to delete their TikTok accounts. ...