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As Delta Bans TikTok, Experts Warn About Beijing’s Data Grab

“What Xi does in China is a good precedent for what he wants to do in other countries—surveillance, and control,” said James Lewis.
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As Delta Bans TikTok, Experts Warn About Beijing’s Data Grab
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Delta Airlines has banned TikTok. Delta employees had until Friday afternoon to remove the app from phones, computers, and other smart devices that connect to company systems.

The airline is just the latest entity to restrict TikTok’s use in the United States. Concerns about the Chinese app’s use of American data are finally starting to have a widespread impact.

Jenny Li has contributed to The Epoch Times since 2010. She has reported on Chinese politics, economics, human rights issues, and U.S.-China relations. She has extensively interviewed Chinese scholars, economists, lawyers, and rights activists in China and overseas.
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