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As the debate around TikTok continues to unfold, social media users are grappling with the layers of issues surrounding the potential ban of the popular social media app in the US and other countries.
“This is because TikTok receives data from its partners who gather information about people visiting their websites. Other well-known platforms like Google or Meta use the same strategy for advertising purposes,” explains van Vlaanderen. Data breaches are also not uncommon. For example, X experienced a hack in July 2022, where 200-million user email addresses were posted on the dark web. Similarly, Meta was fined $1,3-billion by European Union regulators in May 2023 for violating privacy laws by storing and transferring European Facebook users’ data to US servers.
Van Vlaanderen says that while TikTok is in the spotlight, many of the same concerns about children’s safety and use of social media apply to other platforms, too. In January this year, CEOs of Meta, TikTok and X went before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the United States to testify as lawmakers and parents argue social media companies are not doing enough to protect children from exploitation and harmful content.
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