TikTok migrates US user data to Oracle servers and ensures information security
TikTok said it has completed migrating information about its US users to Oracle's servers, which could address US regulatory concerns about data integrity in the popular short-form video app. The move, first reported by Reuters, comes nearly two years after a US national security body ordered parent company ByteDance to divest TikTok amid concerns that US user data could be leaked to the Chinese communist government. TikTok is one of the most popular social media apps in the world with over a billion active users worldwide and counts the United States as its largest market. The US is increasingly scrutinizing app developers about the personal data they process, particularly when some of it concerns the US military or intelligence agencies. The order to sell TikTok was not enforced after Joe Biden replaced Donald Trump as President of the United States last year. However, the body, known as the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), continued to raise conce