TikTok tells U.S. lawmakers it does not give information to China's government (reuters.com) 8 points by throwawaysea 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] swiley 4y ago ↗ More accurately it told the legislature that it can't recall. [–] throwawaysea 4y ago ↗ Wow I just looked at the video of the exchange and am shocked. There is little pretense of trustworthiness and cooperation here from this TikTok executive: https://youtu.be/8zJ2aWglimU [–] lelandfe 4y ago ↗ > “We do not share information with the Chinese government," Beckerman respondedThis sounds pretty clear cut to me
[–] throwawaysea 4y ago ↗ Wow I just looked at the video of the exchange and am shocked. There is little pretense of trustworthiness and cooperation here from this TikTok executive: https://youtu.be/8zJ2aWglimU
[–] lelandfe 4y ago ↗ > “We do not share information with the Chinese government," Beckerman respondedThis sounds pretty clear cut to me
[–] 8eye 4y ago ↗ oh good. at least we can trust an organization who is incentivized to do so, but honestly what do i know?
[–] redis_mlc 4y ago ↗ > Beckerman also testified that TikTok's U.S. user data is stored in the United States, with backups in Singapore.Why are backups in Singapore?Never heard of US companies doing that. [–] hulitu 4y ago ↗ The US companies also store data in Europe with "backup" in US.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 28.1 ms ] threadThis sounds pretty clear cut to me
Why are backups in Singapore?
Never heard of US companies doing that.