On Thursday, Aug. 6, the United States President Donald Trump signs Executive Order giving banned status on the Chinese app, TikTok. The signed document accused the app of getting users' info to sell out to the Communist Party of China (CCP). A day after this, an exclusive report was released saying over 130 employees of ByteDance were members of the CCP.
TikTok employees were CCP members?
On the other hand, the country's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) states otherwise. According to the New York Times, the CIA clearly states that 'no evidence' is discovered that proves that TikTok nor ByteDance has obtained data from its users.
Here's a clarification, though. The statement of the CIA saying that TikTok does not steal data from its users is not a basis to say that the app is safe to use, according to the report.
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Written by Jamie Pancho
