TikTok Admits Storing Some US User Data in China: Senators

TikTok could be compelled at any time make changes to the algorithm, an Australian senator said, adding we would never know because it’s secret.

The TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken on Aug. 22, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

TikTok has admitted to storing some U.S. user data on China-based servers, which differs from its CEO’s previous testimony to Congress that “American data stored on American soil.”

The Chinese video-sharing platform confirmed this in a letter dated June 16 made in response to questions raised by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew.