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In December, Congress banned the app from all federal government devices. Like all social media platforms, TikTok’s ongoing data harvesting agenda has rung serious privacy and security alarm bells for years, prompting ill-directed calls for it to be penalized. Rather than the surface-level solution of a ban on one problematic platform, the government must prioritize enacting a federal data protection law that tackles the real problem: how companies harvest and monetize our data. For decades, Congress has tiptoed around the issue and created a space for TikTok and the whole social media industry to thrive from damaging data harvesting practices. On the contrary, they would violate users’ rights to express themselves online.Įfforts to address TikTok’s privacy and security threats must prioritize principles of data minimization, transparency, and accountability to protect the public and preserve democratic values. Here’s the thing - none of these crackdowns would dramatically enhance the privacy of people using the app.

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As Congress prepares for a hearing in the House Energy & Commerce Committee with the company’s CEO on the national security implications of the popular social media app, parallel conversations are taking place across the globe. TikTok’s dire data practices have kicked off a global movement for reform, driving momentum for targeted bans, shutdowns, or divestiture.









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