The head of TikTok sent a letter to nine U.S. senators, responding to their concerns about the security of the popular video app’s American user data. In the letter, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said that the app, for well over a year, has been working on a U.S. data security initiative known as Project Texas, which includes storing American users’ data in Oracle’s cloud infrastructure with access...
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