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Changes to TikTok's policies make it easier for the company to share users’ personal information with governments. TikTok did not respond to questions about the changes.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20251021193950/https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2025/10/21/tiktok-wont-say-if-its-giving-ice-your-data/

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Came here to say this - of course they are.

People used to call Facebook "FBIbook". LOL, why the fuck would TikTok be the least bit different?

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 17 points 1 month ago

TikTok is most definitely sharing all of the information the government wants to know.

[–] lib1@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Of course they are. TikTok’s image as complicit in rebellion against the US government is just really good branding. It’s recuperation