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ELI5 how come Discord can give out military specs and warn the FBI about a shooter without being tried to shutdown like tictok and others?? (lemmy.world)

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I have never used tick tok so excuse my stuppidity

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There is concern that ByteDance may be giving the Chinese government access to data on US citizens. It's worth noting that no proof of this actually happening has surfaced.

[–] lurch 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ByteDance admitted it themselves. Last paragraph here: https://www.securityweek.com/chinas-bytedance-admits-using-tiktok-data-track-journalists/#:~:text=Privacy-,China's%20ByteDance%20Admits%20Using%20TikTok%20Data%20to%20Track%20Journalists,media%2C%20the%20company%20admitted%20Friday.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But following media reports, it has also admitted that China-based employees had access to US users’ data, although the company insisted it was under strict and highly limited circumstances.

Employees of ByteDance might be Chinese, but they don't work for the government. They work for ByteDance. I haven't found anyone claiming to have proof that data in US citizens has left the company. Just fears that it could.

[–] lurch 3 points 1 month ago

For the violated US regulation it doesn't matter if it was the government. It says "foreign country or national thereof": https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/02/28/executive-order-on-preventing-access-to-americans-bulk-sensitive-personal-data-and-united-states-government-related-data-by-countries-of-concern/