TikTok on Aug 17 stepped up its defense against US accusations that the popular video app is a national security threat, denouncing what it called 'rumours and misinformation' about its links to the Chinese government.
TikTok launched an online information hub as its parent firm faced a deadline set by President Donald Trump to divest TikTok before the app is banned in the United States. — AFPTikTok on Aug 17 stepped up its defense against US accusations that the popular video app is a national security threat, denouncing what it called"rumours and misinformation" about its links to the Chinese government.
"TikTok has never provided any US user data to the Chinese government, nor would it do so if asked," the company said in the post.US user data is stored here, with a backup in Singapore, according to TikTok. The US leader early this month also ordered a ban on the messaging app WeChat which is used extensively in China.
TikTok also repeated its intention to"pursue all remedies available to us in order to ensure that the rule of law is not discarded."
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