Dan Okopny, a system administrator from California, has gone viral with his post about TikTok. After studying the engineering platform, he says TikTok is nothing more than a data collection service, well disguised as a social network. The app reportedly tracks phone hardware and software devices and can also see which other apps the user has installed. This is confirmed by Anonymous, who say that TikTok is collecting data on children and adolescents to see their development in the market and politics, in order to create better methodologies to keep them "behind" for 5 -10 next years.
An even bigger problem is the lack of control of this application by children. Developers show how older men have direct contact with children on this platform.
"I have personally seen (and reported) many suspicious cases," writes Dan Okopny. Men 40-50 years old doing a duet (a kind of option that allows you to dance / sing with a song in the background along with someone else) with 8-10 year old girls with sex songs. These videos are published. TikTok also has the messaging option, so the risk is even greater. On the other hand, videos that are constantly shown, although humorous, are often sexual and not suitable for a child.
Platforma me video të shkurtra është ndaluar nga India, së bashku me rreth 60 aplikacione të prodhuara në Kinë, nën akuzën se të tilla platforma përbëjnë vjedhje dhe transmetim të fshehtë të të dhënave të përdoruesve në mënyrë të paautorizuar. SHBA dhe Australia gjithashtu raportohet se po konsiderojnë t’i ndalojnë këto aplikacione.
Mike Pompeo, Sekretari Amerikan i Shtetit tha në një intervistë për Fox se “qeveria po mendon që të ndalojë TikTok dhe aplikacione të ngjashme kineze”. Ai shtoi se njerëzit mund ta shkarkojnë aplikacionin vetëm “nëse duan që të dhënat e tyre personale të jenë në duart e partisë komuniste kineze.”
Beijing-based TikTok (owned by ByteDance) has denied the allegations, saying it operates separately from ByteDance and stresses that data centers are located entirely outside China. A company spokesman told CNN that "national security concerns are unfounded."
Source: Unilad.com, News.com.au, CNN
