All Social Media Platforms Have TikTok-Like Risks, Transparency Group Says
- Tech Oversight Project urges Congress to examine others too
- Report details concerns with Meta, Google, Amazon and Apple
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The national-security and mental-health risks posed by TikTok are shared by other social media platforms, according to an advocacy group that’s urging Congress to also hold US companies accountable ahead of high-profile testimony from TikTok’s chief executive officer.
The Tech Oversight Project, a nonprofit, says Meta Platforms Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. employ the same harmful business practices as TikTok and are increasingly copying some of the video-sharing app’s design features.