The government has warned of the manipulation of information on social media platforms as viral video app TikTok faces a global backlash over security concerns | carawaters
Owned by Chinese company ByteDance, the mobile app has come under increased scrutiny in Australia after
Dr Belinda Barnet, senior lecturer in media at Swinburne University of Technology, said it was "beyond doubt" that TikTok and its Chinese counterpart Douyin, which is also owned by ByteDance, contributed to misinformation. TikTok did not report any similar requests from the Chinese government and a spokesperson for TikTok said the app had not received any requests from the Chinese government for user information or to remove content.
"Reading between the lines this is a roundabout way of saying they are still sending some data to China," he said. "That makes a lot of sense because in order to update the app and improve the app, Beijing-based engineers will need to access some of the data being stored in the US and Singapore."
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