Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., discusses the Biden administration’s lack of motion on the rising TikTok risk, and Congressman-elect George Santos dealing with a number of investigations over his resume lies.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew met with members of the European Union’s govt fee on Tuesday to debate how the Chinese language-owned social media platform plans to stick to strict new digital rules in Europe, based on studies.
The assembly got here as TikTok faces rising scrutiny within the U.S. as a number of states together with Texas, Maryland, South Carolina and New Jersey place bans on using the video-sharing platform on state-owned gadgets and networks.
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Including to the scrutiny, TikTok will even be banned on U.S. authorities gadgets below a congressional spending invoice.
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Fears surrounding the software program stem from a report in 2022 {that a} TikTok workforce in China accessed knowledge of U.S. TikTok customers, together with two journalists.
TikTok is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese language firm that can be required to offer the Chinese language authorities with knowledge when requested, and that TikTok is sending person knowledge already in breach of European privateness guidelines.
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In line with the Related Press, Chew met with EU officers on Tuesday, amid two open investigations into TikTok sparked by watchdogs in Eire. One of many investigations is to look into TikTok’s transferring of non-public knowledge to China.
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Věra Jourová, the commissioner for values and transparency, tweeted after the assembly on Tuesday, saying she counts on TikTok to execute its commitments to go the additional mile in respecting EU regulation whereas regaining the belief of European regulators.
“There can’t be any doubt that knowledge of customers in Europe are protected and never uncovered to unlawful entry from third-country authorities,” she mentioned.
TikTok’s director of public coverage and authorities relations, Caroline Greer, additionally tweeted after the assembly, calling the gathering “constructive and useful.”
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“On-line security & constructing belief is our primary precedence,” she mentioned.
A readout of the assembly revealed Jourová requested about a number of issues relating to knowledge safety of Europeans, youngster security and the unfold of Russian disinformation on TikTok.
She additionally requested concerning the transparency of paid political content material.
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The Related Press reported that Chew additionally met with Margrethe Vestager, who oversees competitors and antitrust issues, to “overview how the corporate is making ready for complying with its obligations below the European Fee’s regulation, specifically the Digital Providers Act and presumably below the Digital Markets Act.”
The Digital Markets Act regulates the ability of digital corporations whereas the Digital Providers Act focuses on cleansing poisonous materials from on-line platforms.
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