TikTok exploited Android bug to track users
Forgot to tell users
Social video app TikTok was using an extra layer of encryption to conceal a tactic for tracking Android users via the MAC address of their device, which skirted Google’s policies and did not allow users to opt out.
Trump bans US transactions WeChat and TikTok
China expected to strike back
US President Donald Trump has unveiled sweeping bans on US transactions with the Chinese owners of messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok.
Trump advisor wants Microsoft to pull out of China
They don't need it anyway
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro suggested Microsoft could divest its holdings in China if it buys the Chinese owned short-video app TikTok.
US censors TikTok more than the Chinese
We are going to build a Great Firewall and Mexico will pay for it
TikTok released its first transparency report yesterday, showing which countries have submitted requests for content removal as well as access to user data and China is notably absent.