It has been pointed out that TikTok's attempts to prevent access from China have not been successful, and that users' IP addresses are being shared with the Chinese parent company.
TikTok claims that ``American data is managed at our American base and cannot be accessed by our parent company ByteDance, which is based in China.'' However, a Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that American data is still being shared with Chinese headquarters.
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TikTok has spent more than $1.5 billion (approximately 200 billion yen) on efforts to prevent data leaks in order to clear the US government's suspicion that ``American data may be available to the Chinese side.'' I am. This effort is being led by a team called ``Project Texas,'' but current and former employees interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, as well as internal documents, show that the project is not going well. It has been pointed out that users' email addresses and IP addresses may have been leaked.
According to information, more than 2,000 people are assigned to Project Texas, but there are delays in providing PCs from the company, and there are not enough people to handle the large amount of data and code that needs to be reviewed every day. There are many problems that are occurring, such as: It is also alleged that ByteDance managers sometimes instructed Project Texas employees to ``share user data with ByteDance employees.''
Some local officials have ordered TikTok to be uninstalled from government employees' devices, and the White House has also tried to remove the app from federal devices, but efforts have been unsuccessful.
In particular, after it was discovered that some employees of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) were using TikTok on government terminals, its legitimacy was questioned by senators on the Taxation and IRS Oversight Subcommittee. It is developing into
According to an investigation by the inspector general's division, employees of the IRS' criminal investigation division were able to access TikTok on both PCs and mobile devices, and 2,800 mobile devices were found to have access to TikTok. . The IRS explained, ``We do not specifically prohibit employees from accessing TikTok,'' and ``As TikTok runs only through third-party software, there is currently no problem.'' Furthermore, he refutes the suggestion that ``we should come up with a plan to completely block employee access,'' saying ``there is no need for that.''
Foreign media outlet TechCrunch said, ``This case shows how unenforceable the TikTok ban is, and is a foreshadowing of what would happen if the ban were implemented for all Americans.'' criticized.
TikTok, which is on the verge of being ostracized by the United States, is experimenting with expanding ``in-app shopping'' in parallel with the mainstream short video distribution service, using AI to identify objects in videos and using the existing shopping service ``TikTok''. The company is aiming to increase sales by experimenting with features such as suggesting similar products from 'Shop'. According to Bloomberg, TikTok aims to reach $17.5 billion (approximately 2.58 trillion yen) in sales on the TikTok Shop in the United States alone, and new AI-powered features will help reach that ambitious goal. It seems that there is a possibility.
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