TikTok allays fears in Australia over links to communist party
130 members of parent company ByteDance senior management are members of the Chinese Communist Party
25 September 2020 - 11:27
Sydney — TikTok executives sought to reassure Australian lawmakers on Friday about the security of its data and said Chinese Communist Party (CCP) links to parent company ByteDance shouldn’t be a concern.
Lee Hunter, GM of TikTok Australia and New Zealand, told a parliamentary hearing that among ByteDance senior management, 130 were CCP members. The “political affiliation of any employees does not impact the security of Australian user data”, he said...
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