China Can Use TikTok To Collect Data On Users & Spy


The FBI director Chris Wray is concerned about people as Chinese have the control over the app

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He said, they have the ability to manipulate content according to them to use it for influencing

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He also said that China could use the application to collect data that can be used for spying

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The owner of Tiktok is ByteDance

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TikTok is a social media platform for sharing, creating and exploring short video

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It also allows user to share the videos across community

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People enjoy using the app and they spent many hours enjoy watching video

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