What’s the Real Issue?

This is a great article from EPIC that really puts the TikTok issue into perspective. It’s about the data and also the potential for the Chinese government, or any government, to use ANY application to manipulate people.

The article states: “The national security concerns [related to TikTok] voiced by the Administration and members of Congress have largely focused on three issues: 1) the amount and type of user data collected by TikTok; 2) Chinese security law allowing government access to Chinese company-held data on demand; and 3) the potential for the Chinese government to use the app to spread misinformation or censor information critical of China. … Even if the U.S. bans TikTok, millions of apps would continue to collect the most intimate details about us and profit off of them. The endless web of data brokers who buy and sell data would continue to exist, and foreign adversaries such as China could still obtain Americans’ personal data by simply purchasing it from data brokers on the open market. This is a data privacy crisis with serious national security implications and it is past time for Congress to act. “