Myths vs Facts
Myths vs Facts
ByteDance used TikTok data to surveil journalists and their precise locations.
TikTok takes a lax approach to minor safety & privacy in order to addict teens to its platform.
Douyin offers educational content, limits screen time, and creates a positive experience for teens, while TikTok does not.
TikTok collects a significant amount of sensitive data on its users.
TikTok gathers as much data as possible, and the company takes a lax approach to the security of that data.
TikTok stores European user data in China, where multiple Chinese nationals, including possible members of the CCP, have access to it.
Under its 2017 National Intelligence law, the Chinese government can compel ByteDance to share European TikTok user data.
ByteDance censors TikTok content on behalf of the CCP or Chinese government.
TikTok manipulates content in a way that benefits the Chinese government
Decisions about TikTok are made in Beijing.
The Chinese government has a "golden share" interest in ByteDance Ltd.
There is a member of the Chinese government on ByteDance’s board of directors.
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance Ltd., is Chinese owned.