US: TikTok ban won’t solve harms of Big Tech’s invasive surveillance

By Amnesty International

Responding to the US government’s decision to impose a nationwide ban on TikTok if ByteDance, its parent company, does not sell the app’s US operations within 270 days, Lauren Armistead, Deputy Director at Amnesty Tech, said: “The US government’s decision to impose an outright ban on TikTok fails to address the endemic human rights risks and harms associated with the surveillance-based business models of other tech companies, including Meta and Google. Banning TikTok also disproportionately restricts people’s […] The post US: TikTok ban won’t solve harms of Big Tech’s invasive surveillance   …

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US: TikTok ban won’t solve harms of Big Tech’s invasive surveillance

US: TikTok ban won’t solve harms of Big Tech’s invasive surveillance