TikTok And It’s Privacy Issues
The thing most of us browse through before the day kicks off and during the day in the middle of work and before going to bed.
The thing most of us browse through before the day kicks off and during the day in the middle of work and before going to bed. The reason why most of the active users spend hours making TikTok videos and while even looking silly in front of the camera in the making. But, how much do you know of this app that has taken many by surprise? According to the news sources at Bloomberg, TikTok has amassed revenue of $7.4 billion in 2018 and $17 billion in 2019, downloaded over 2 billion times and is now at war with the major social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
Recently, kicked out of Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store due to user privacy issues then added to Samsung’s Galaxy Store. And even governments are going after it for many reasons including the invasion of people’s privacy. TikTok, like Youtube, was also charged and fined for the violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). There’s just a lot to unpack here but let’s see a few details.