US EditionPeople Are ‘Deleting TikTok’ over New 'Insane' Terms of Service
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People are deleting TikTok as 'horrifying' new terms of service emerge
Many people have disabled their TikTok accounts due to the 'horrifying' new terms of service.Previously, the popular social media app collected only approximate location data, but the new terms specify that precise geolocation is now part of the data TikTok may gather.While TikTok has explained that the data will be processed according to the law, and that users can disable location services in their device settings, this change has sparked a ba…
US: TikTok to collect even more data from users after ownership change
Many users and cybersecurity experts have become critical of TikTok’s updated privacy policy in the United States after a change in ownership in the country. On January 22, TikTok confirmed that a new US-based entity was in control of the app, with the venture formed to sidestep a federal law which forced China’s ByteDance, earlier owner of TikTok, to either sell its stake in the platform or be cut off from the US market. That same day, the com…
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