Cybersecurity
TikTok Deal Likely to Leave US Data Leaking to China
- Data security concerns are primary for DOJ officials
- No decision made on agreement to keep TikTok operating in US
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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.