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TikTok already stores its data in the US and gives the US authorities full access to it.

> TikTok already stores its data in the US and gives the US authorities full access to it

A courtesy also extended to Beijing [1].

[1] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-...

Did you read the article? ByteDance's headquarters is in Beijing and these leaked audio tapes are talking about engineers in the headquarters logging into U.S. servers.

This isn't some smoking gun about CCP surveillance, but more about how the sausage is made for a global app.

i think the bigger issue is things like this:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-...

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