TikTok: It’s hip, it’s fun and it’s a security risk

On Dec. 2, 2022, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that TikTok’s privacy and data collection policies could allow for the capture of sensitive, personally identifiable information and that data could be accessed by the Chinese government for use other than permissions given by the user. The FBI called TikTok a risk to national security in testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee in November 2022.

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