Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, confirms that TikTok is under multiple investigations. Motives? The processing that the social network applies to user data; specifically for the transfer of information from European users to China and advertisements aimed at minors. Final goal is to ensure that TikTok operates in accordance with the requirements of the GDPR. (General Data Protection Regulation).
“TikTok’s data practices, including in relation to international data transfers, are the subject of several ongoing proceedingsUrsula von der Leyen comments in a letter shared by Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr.
“This includes investigating [Comisión de Protección de Datos] The Irish Law on TikTok’s compliance with various GDPR requirements, including data transfers to China and processing of data from minors, as well as litigation in Dutch courts (in particular, targeted advertising to minors and data transfers to China).
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
In the letter, von der Leyen also commented on various media concerns about the possibility that Chinese authorities could access EU citizens’ TikTok data. This is not the first time European authorities have taken notice of TikTok.. In fact, earlier this year, the app was accused of violating the rules of the aforementioned territory in terms of consumer protection regulations.
TikTok is under investigation outside the EU
The European Union is not the only one targeted by TikTok. On the other side of the Atlantic, a message appeared on the social network about Forbes where it was certified that ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, may use the app’s location data to track the location of US citizens.
Soon after, TikTok came to the defense, saying that ByteDance had no intention of tracking the location of US users through the app. ForbesFor his part, he remained true to his words.assuring that “The fact that GPS is not used does not mean that [el equipo de ByteDance] can’t use this place [aproximada] follow certain people.
Concerns about TikTok are not just part of the fight to keep users’ private data safe. In addition, there is a huge problem of social media trends leading to the disappearance of important drugs for a certain demographic for cosmetic reasons. In addition, there are many private accounts that share material about child abuse. without any consequences from the application.
Brendan Carr, Chief Republican FCC Commissioner, recently commented that TikTok should be banned in the United States. Actually, urged Apple and Google to remove social networks from the respective app stores.
Source: Hiper Textual
