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No, you don’t need to delete TikTok (yet)

Posted on AllSides February 3rd, 2023
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Illustration by Elena Lacey/The Washington Post; iStock
ANALYSIS

As calls to ban TikTok grow, should you quit the app?

For the average user, TikTok is no more risky than Facebook. That’s not entirely a compliment.

I’ve been hearing from Washington Post readers concerned that the Chinese-owned app is handing our data to the Communist Party. So I looked under the hood at what TikTok knows about us, and quizzed both the company and the senators calling on us to stop using it.

So far, the arguments to ban TikTok are more rooted in fears than actual evidence. The best thing...

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/03/tiktok-delete-advice/

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