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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Technology
Guardian staff and agency

TikTok on defense after report on foreign access of US user data

The TikTok logo is pictured outside the company's U.S. head office in Culver City, California, U.S., 15 September, 2020.
The TikTok logo is pictured outside the company's U.S. head office in Culver City, California, U.S., 15 September, 2020. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

TikTok is seeking to assuage fears over the security of American users’ data on the Chinese-owned platform, after Republican senators and a regulator argued the app poses a national security risk.

The concerns by lawmakers came after BuzzFeed reported last month that China-based employees of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance were repeatedly able to access non-public data of American users.

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