"Successive U.S. administrations-both Biden's and Trump's-argued that TikTok posed a national security threat to America and its citizens, partly because of the data the app collected about them. While all social media apps collect data about their users, officials argued that TikTok's data collection was a danger (while, say, Facebook's was not) because the world's most popular short-form video app was owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company."
"The ironic thing is that TikTok will actually collect more data about them now than it did under ByteDance ownership. The company's new mostly American owners-Larry Ellison's Oracle, private equity company Silver Lake, and the Emirati investment company MGX-made this clear in a recent update to TikTok's privacy policy and its terms of service. If this new data collection unnerves you, there are some things you can do to mitigate it."
"When TikTok's U.S. operations were still owned by ByteDance, the app did not collect the GPS phone location data of users in the United States. TikTok's new U.S. owners have now changed that policy, stating, "if you choose to enable location services for the TikTok app within your device settings, we collect approximate or precise location information from your device.""
TikTok's U.S. operations are now run by an American joint venture, ending debate over a potential permanent ban and ensuring continued U.S. availability. U.S. officials under both Biden and Trump argued that TikTok posed a national security threat because of the user data it collected and the company's Chinese ownership. The new mostly American owners—Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX—updated privacy and terms to clarify increased data collection. The U.S. version of TikTok will collect approximate or precise location information if users enable device location services. Users can take steps to mitigate the new data collection.
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