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All major internet companies in China, including ByteDance, have CCP branches [1]. CCP would be crazy not to use TikTok data. 1 https://www.jenniferzengblog.co

• bduerst 6y ago
  *Subsidiaries. Bytedance has TaoTiao inside China, which shares TaoTaio user information with the CCP, the same way that Apple has Apple Guizhou, which shares iCloud data with the CCP. Neither Bytedance, or it's TikTok subsidiary, exist inside China, so there's no reason to suspect data sharing with the CCP without evidence.
  • dannyw 6y ago
    You really think that stops China?
  • jjulius 6y ago
    >Neither Bytedance, or it's TikTok subsidiary, exist inside China... Please stop spreading FUD. > The spokesman says Mayer will continue to live in Los Angeles, but will "travel frequently to Bytedance’s headquarters in Beijing, as well as TikTok’s major offices in New York, London, Japan and India." There's no mention of any trips to the Cayman Islands, though. https://www.inputmag.com/culture/tiktok-weirdly-tries-to-suggest-its-not-a-chinese-company-as-it-brings-on-new-ceo/amp https://www.inputmag.com/culture/tiktok-weirdly-tries-to-sug...
  • llboston 6y ago
    You probably don't know how CCP branches work. All government branches, state owned companies, and major internet companies in China have CCP branches. Especially in the government and state own companies, the head of the CCP branch is actually the real person in charge.
    • bduerst 6y ago
      Bytedance has a CCP branch for TaoTiao, their Chinese subsidiary.