China techTikTok harvested and sent data to China, lawsuit claims
App also cited for taking down a video about Uighurs in 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
December 4, 2019 06:09 JST
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.