Emily Baker-WhiteDec 22, 2022

Hey all - here's a quick timeline about how this TikTok spying stuff all went down:

In March, I broke the story that TikTok was working on Project Texas, a companywide effort to separate out US user data and limit China-based employees’ access to it.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-project-texas-bytedance-user-data

China-Owned TikTok Is Racing To Move User Data To The US

TikTok is rebuilding its systems to keep US user data in the US and putting a new US-based team in control. But for now, that team reports to executives in China.

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@ebakerwhite this pales in comparison to how a "regime" used Twitter to interfere with elections
Dec 23, 2022 at 1:57amWeb