TikTok harvested and sent data to China, lawsuit claims

App also cited for taking down a video about Uighurs in Xinjiang

20191204 TikTok Feroza Aziz Xinjiang

TikTok locked Feroza Aziz out of her account after the New Jersey teenager discussed Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang in a video masqueraded as a makeup tutorial. (Nikkei collage)

ALEX FANG, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- American users of the short-video app TikTok are coming forward with allegations of data and censorship misconduct, despite the Chinese social-media platform's recent efforts to refute such claims as it faces national-security probes in Washington.

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