Mar 14, 2022 06:39 PM
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INTRO: Chinese-owned TikTok is frantically working to move all data it holds on US users to the US, and putting an American team in control, according to reports. ByteDance, owner of the popular social video app, has launched Project Texas, which will also see an end to US employees reporting to its managers in Beijing.
Efforts to bring data to the US started a year ago, with thousands of TikTok staff involved in the effort, including limiting access to the data from outside the US. According to a BuzzFeed report, this is the way ByteDance has decided to handle concerns from US regulators that the Chinese government could use the app to access sensitive information on people living in the US.
As well as moving data, a number of core TikTok systems, including those that check how viral a video has become, will be cloned and operated from the US for the first time, and so will the algorithm that power the 'For You' page recommendations... (MORE - details)
INTRO: Chinese-owned TikTok is frantically working to move all data it holds on US users to the US, and putting an American team in control, according to reports. ByteDance, owner of the popular social video app, has launched Project Texas, which will also see an end to US employees reporting to its managers in Beijing.
Efforts to bring data to the US started a year ago, with thousands of TikTok staff involved in the effort, including limiting access to the data from outside the US. According to a BuzzFeed report, this is the way ByteDance has decided to handle concerns from US regulators that the Chinese government could use the app to access sensitive information on people living in the US.
As well as moving data, a number of core TikTok systems, including those that check how viral a video has become, will be cloned and operated from the US for the first time, and so will the algorithm that power the 'For You' page recommendations... (MORE - details)
