Ex-TikTok employee turns on company, takes privacy concerns to congress – IOTW Report

Ex-TikTok employee turns on company, takes privacy concerns to congress

BPR: A former employee is alleging TikTok has flaws with its data security and he has been meeting with lawmakers to discuss it, according to The Washington Post.

The former employee was a risk manager for the massively popular social media app and shared worries regarding their strategy for safeguarding U.S. user data, according to the Post. TikTok disputes this, but the former employee has met with congressional investigators to discuss evidence while lawmakers are currently contemplating a nationwide ban.

Most recently, on March 7, senators unveiled a bipartisan bill granting President Joe Biden the ability to ban TikTok. But the company has been under scrutiny for years since the Trump administration attempted to ban the app, according to Politico. MORE

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