China claims that the US has inflated national security concerns over TikTok in an effort to suppress the Chinese startup. Due to concerns over cyber-security, US federal entities have been asked to remove the Chinese app from all staff devices within 30 days. Canada and the EU have taken similar actions, and some politicians have called for nationwide bans.
TikTok executives, who successfully escaped having their popular app banned in the US by then-president Donald Trump in 2020, had to deal with a barrage of inquiries every day about the dangers TikTok presented to cyber security. The topic was largely put to rest in 2021 when President Joe Biden overturned Trump’s proposal due to various complicated legal challenges.
One could almost hear a sigh of relief from both TikTok and the millions of influencers who rely on the social media app to make a career.
But now, in an ironic nod to the video app’s recognizable looping style, we have come full circle. With the stakes even higher now.
Nearly three years prior to Trump’s planned ban, TikTok had been downloaded 800 million times worldwide. As of now, 3.5 billion people have downloaded it, according to app analytics company Sensor Tower.
With a rise in geopolitical strain between China and Western Countries, it is clear that the future of TikTok is more at risk than ever.
We are listing some of the prime cyber-security concerns pertaining to TikTok that are continually raised
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