TikTok-ing Through the Apocalypse (Part 3)

In part three of our TikTok installment, we round-out out our coverage of the new global phenomenon taking over social media. We talk about the new censorship against users dissenting against China, those not deemed worthy of the algorithm’s promotion, the way their app directs data to 3rd party companies, and the recent class-action settlement with the United States Federal Trade Commission.

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Sources: 

• Tik Tok and the Uighur Muslims (BBC)
• Feroza Aziz’s Banned TikTok Video (YouTube)
• Privacy Analysis of Tiktok’s App and Website (Rufposten)
• TikTok prevented disabled users’ videos from showing up in feeds (The Verge)
• TikTok and Chinese Surveillance Software (The Independent)
• Privacy Analysis of Tiktok’s App and Website (Rufposten)
• TikTok chief, facing criticism over China ties, cancels meetings with US lawmakers (CNBC)
• TikTok's chief cancels planned meetings with US senators amid concerns over privacy and app's ties to China (Business Insider)
• TikTok music app owner agrees to $1.1 million class action settlement for alleged underage privacy violations (Chicago Tribune)