{"id":2750,"date":"2022-12-03T19:31:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T19:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/?p=2750"},"modified":"2022-12-03T19:31:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T19:31:13","slug":"fbi-tiktok-christopher-wray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gustavopineda.com\/?p=2750","title":{"rendered":"FBI director concerned about TikTok gathering user data"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One high-level member of the U.S. government isn\u2019t mincing words about TikTok.<\/p>\n

FBI director Christopher Wray expressed concerns that the Chinese government could theoretically manipulate TikTok\u2019s recommendation algorithms that can be used “for traditional espionage operations”, per an Associated Press<\/u><\/a> report. This came up during a speaking engagement at the University of Michigan, during which Wray also voiced his worries about TikTok users\u2019 personal data being available to China.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAll of these things are in the hands of a government that doesn\u2019t share our values, and that has a mission that\u2019s very much at odds with what\u2019s in the best interests of the United States,\u201d Wray said, per the AP. \u201cThat should concern us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The short-form video social network has been under government scrutiny for the last couple of years, largely due to concerns about data privacy (especially as it regards children) and also due to the general unease that always exists between the U.S. and China. The Trump administration unsuccessfully tried to ban TikTok<\/u><\/a> from app stores in 2020. There have also been congressional hearings in 2021<\/u><\/a> and this year<\/u><\/a>, all related to user data.<\/p>\n

And to be fair, TikTok itself confirmed last month that company employees in China have some amount of access to user data, though it insists there are \u201capproval protocols\u201d in place to make sure it\u2019s done properly and with good reason. Also in fairness, it\u2019s not like TikTok is the only social network with data privacy issues. Hive<\/u><\/a>, one of the lifeboats people are jumping to as Twitter sinks, experienced a massive data breach<\/u><\/a> just this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Still, based on Wray\u2019s comments, it doesn\u2019t look like the U.S. government\u2019s scrutiny of TikTok will end anytime soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One high-level member of the U.S. government isn\u2019t mincing words about TikTok. FBI director Christopher Wray expressed concerns that the Chinese government could theoretically manipulate TikTok\u2019s recommendation algorithms that can…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-technology","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t