A former employee is alleging TikTok has flaws with its data security and he has been meeting with lawmakers to discuss it, according to The Washington Post.
The former employee was a risk manager for the massively popular social media app and shared worries regarding their strategy for safeguarding U.S. user data, according to the Post. TikTok disputes this, but the former employee has met with congressional investigators to discuss evidence while lawmakers are currently contemplating a nationwide ban.
Most recently, on March 7, senators unveiled a bipartisan bill granting President Joe Biden the ability to ban TikTok. But the company has been under scrutiny for years since the Trump administration attempted to ban the app, according to Politico.
The Post exclusively interviewed the former employee, who spent six months working in TikTok’s Trust and Safety Division until early 2022. He stated the company’s data security flaws could leave over 100 million American TikTok users vulnerable to employees based in China who work for Bytedance, which is TikTok’s parent company.
TikTok is rushing to enact updated safety regulations to protect American users’ data from the Chinese government as part of a $1.5 billion restructuring plan known as Project Texas, according to The Post. The company has been promoting the project around Washington, but the former employee’s allegations threaten it.
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