Hacker NewsMay 2, 2025
Irish privacy watchdog hits TikTok with Є530M fine over data transfers to China
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TikTok fined $600 million for China data transfers that broke EU privacy rules

European Union privacy watchdogs have fined TikTok 530 million euros ($600 million). They say a four-year investigation found that the video sharing app’s data transfers to China breached strict data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission also sanctioned TikTok for not being transparent with users about where their personal data was being sent and ordered the company to comply with the rules within six months. TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is based in China, has been under scrutiny in Europe over how it handles personal information of its users. TikTok said it disagreed with the decision and plans to appeal.

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 Hacker NewsJul 27, 2024
Justice Dept. says TikTok collects US user views on abortion and gun control
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DOJ says TikTok collected US user views on abortion, gun control

In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department has accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abortion and religion. Government lawyers say in a brief filed in federal court late Friday that TikTok and its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance used an internal web-suite system called Lark to enable TikTok employees to speak directly with ByteDance engineers in China. One of Lark’s internal search tools, the filing states, permits ByteDance and TikTok employees in the U.S. and China to gather bulk user information based on content.

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