“U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has some advice for people who have downloaded the social media app TikTok: Delete it, and get a new phone.
“It’s one of the most massive surveillance programs, especially on America’s young people,” Cotton, of Little Rock, told Fox News on Sunday.
Amid the app’s continuing growth past 1 billion users — which includes millions of young Americans — Cotton and other lawmakers have voiced concerns about the video-sharing platform, its Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. and China’s ability to access to user data under Chinese law…..
… Cotton described TikTok’s assertions on data security as “false statements.”
“It’s not just the content you upload to TikTok, but all of the data on your phone and other apps, all your personal information, even facial imagery, even where your eyes are looking on your phone,” he said. “That’s why I’ve encouraged every American, if they’re using TikTok, to delete it from their phone, and if they can, get a new phone altogether.”
READ MORE about the concerns Cotton, and others, are expressing about TikTok at ArkansasOnline.com
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