TikTok - a Trojan Horse into China's Dystopia

TikTok has earned the hearts of millions, but it has a long record of questionable practices. Accusations of Chinese censorship, discrimination of users and misusing of users' data are among the most severe concerns.

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Sources

Tiktok moderation rules https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/25/revealed-how-tiktok-censors-videos-that-do-not-please-beijing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/15/tiktoks-beijing-roots-fuel-censorship-suspicion-it-builds-huge-us-audience/
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/16/tiktok-app-moderators-users-discrimination/
https://netzpolitik.org/2019/discrimination-tiktok-curbed-reach-for-people-with-disabilities/

Bytedance relationship with the Chinese government: https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/16/bytedance-cant-outrun-beijings-shadow/
https://www.businessinsider.com/tiktok-parent-company-bytedance-spreads-chinese-propaganda-report-2019-11?

US teenager banned from Tiktok over treatment of Uighurs https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/28/tiktok-says-sorry-to-us-teenager-blocked-after-sharing-xinjiang-videos

Class-action lawsuit on data harvesting and transfer https://thediplomat.com/2017/06/chinas-cybersecurity-law-what-you-need-to-know/
https://gdpr.report/news/2019/12/04/privacy-tiktok-found-secretly-transferring-user-data-to-china/

Tiktok security https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/technology/tiktok-security-flaws.html
https://research.checkpoint.com/2020/tik-or-tok-is-tiktok-secure-enough/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/01/technology/tiktok-national-security-review.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/10/technology/tiktok-amazon-security-risk.htm..