The ongoing controversies surrounding TikTok hit a new gear on 14 January 2021 with a bombshell report accusing the Chinese company of spying on millions of Android users using a technique banned by Google. According to a Wall Street Journal report, TikTok used a banned tactic to bypass the privacy safeguard in Android to collect unique identifiers from millions of mobile devices, data that allows the app to track users online without allowing them to opt out.
TikTok, based in Beijing, China, h
