Hitting back at the US over
accusations of censoring content to appease Beijing, Chinese
short-video making platform TikTok has said it does not censor content
critical of the Chinese government, and that none of its operations are
subject to the Chinese law.
Over the past several weeks, TikTok, owned by Beijing-based Bytedance,
has been at the centre of public statements by Members of the US
Congress and others regarding alleged censorship of content, as well as
their data protection practices.
"Let us be very clear: TikTok
does not remove content based on sensitivities related to China. We have
never been asked by the Chinese government to remove any content and we
would not do so if asked. Period. Our US moderation team, which is led
out of California, reviews content for adherence to our US policies --
just like other US companies in our space," the company wrote in a blog post on Friday.
US Senators such as Chuck Schumer and Tom Cotton wrote a letter earlier this week to the US intelligence officials asking that they investigate TikTok for possible national security threats.
Talking
about data privacy and security, TikTok added: "We store all TikTok US
user data in the US, with backup redundancy in Singapore. Our data
centres are located entirely outside of China, and none of our data is
subject to Chinese law."
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