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What's the Deal with TikTok? (with Asha Rangappa)

2024/10/25
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Elie Honig:TikTok拥有超过1.5亿美国用户,其影响力巨大,但其被美国政府视为国家安全威胁的原因尚不明确。他认为TikTok主要用于娱乐,但其背后的安全风险值得关注。 Asha Rangappa:TikTok的母公司字节跳动受到中国政府的影响或控制,这意味着TikTok收集的用户数据可能被中国政府获取。TikTok强大的算法可以收集用户在应用之外的各种信息,这些信息最终流入中国政府手中,构成国家安全威胁。她指出,中国获取TikTok用户数据存在三种主要安全风险:反情报风险、信息操纵风险和恶意软件风险。 首先,中国可以通过整合TikTok数据识别特定人群(例如情报人员),并利用其进行情报活动。其次,中国可以利用TikTok数据进行信息操纵,影响公众舆论和选举。最后,TikTok可能被用作传播恶意软件的工具,将用户设备变成僵尸网络,用于攻击关键基础设施。与俄罗斯利用Facebook进行信息操纵不同,中国控制TikTok则会带来更大的调查难度,因为中国政府可能不会配合调查。 Asha Rangappa:TikTok的数据收集能力超乎想象,可能对国家安全构成严重威胁。其数据收集范围不仅限于用户在应用内的活动,还包括用户设备上的其他信息。这种数据收集能力使得中国政府能够对个人进行微观定位,传播特定叙事,甚至影响选举。此外,TikTok还可能被用作传播恶意软件的工具,将用户设备变成僵尸网络,用于攻击关键基础设施。这使得TikTok不仅是信息操纵的工具,更是潜在的网络武器。

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TikTok's popularity and its parent company ByteDance's ties to China raise concerns about data security and potential influence. The app's algorithm and extensive data collection capabilities are highlighted as potential security risks.
  • TikTok has over 150 million American users.
  • ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, is under Chinese influence.
  • TikTok gathers extensive user data, including information beyond app usage.

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In this excerpt of CAFE Insider, CAFE Contributors Elie Honig and Asha Rangappa discuss the reasons why the U.S. government believes the social media app, TikTok, poses a serious national security threat. 

In the full episode, Elie and Asha break down the bipartisan efforts to ban TikTok in the U.S. and the different lawsuits the company faces—one brought by the federal government arguing TikTok violated child privacy laws and 14 more filed by state attorneys general alleging the app is harming children’s mental health.

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