EU Committee Probes TikTok, UK’s Updated GDPR
European Union lawmakers have criticized the British government’s updated privacy bill over concerns that it fails to adequately protect European citizens’ fundamental rights. Lawmakers also heard from the Irish data authority on the status of its pending TikTok inquiry. At a European Parliament hearing on Tuesday, members of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs…
TikTok Hit by US Lawsuits Over Child Safety, Security Fears
The legal salvo came as problems are mounting for TikTok in the United States, with multiple accusations that the extremely popular app is a national security threat and a conduit for spying by China. “The TikTok app is a malicious and menacing threat unleashed on unsuspecting Indiana consumers by a Chinese company that knows full…
TikTok for Android Bug Allows Single-Click Account Hijack
A high-severity flaw in the Android version of the TikTok app — which has been installed more than 1.5 billion times so far via the Google Play Store — could allow threat actors to hijack a user’s account with a single click. Microsoft discovered the high-severity vulnerability in the handling of one of TikTok for…
