Two sources revealed that as some US officials' opposition waves are getting louder, the Chinese short video platform Douyin Overseas Application Tiktok has frozen recruitment procedures related to the U.S. potential security agreement.
According to Reuters, in order to persuade the US government to continue to operate without changing the structure of the ownership, TIKTOK formulated a series of measures to appease Washington, including hiring a third -party monitor, a one of oneThe source code inspector and three auditors include an auditor responsible for cyber security, and an auditor who ensures that American user data on the existing TIKTOK server will be deleted after migrating to Oracle.The salary of these staff will be paid by Tiktok, but still needs to be notified to US government officials.
Tiktok issued some proposal requests in early December last year to propose potential candidates and seek approval to the foreign investment committee (CIFUS) under the Ministry of Finance.However, a source said that due to the frustration of the transaction, Tiktok notified last month to notify the competition for one of the posts. The recruitment process had been frozen and will notify whether the recruitment procedure will be restarted by the end of January.
One of the sources said that when Tiktok explained to the candidate, he only said that based on "recent development", but did not explain in detail.
Sources said that TIKTOK's move will make some US officials who support the security agreement with Tiktok feel uneasy and strengthen the hawk officials who demanded that the Bayeng order by the Bayeng order by the Bayeng order to beat the TIKTOK businessInfluence.However, it is unclear when the US government will make a decision on Tiktok's future.The U.S. Treasury and the White House did not immediately respond to the request of comment.
Tiktok's spokesman confirmed that the company had suspended the recruitment procedure of third -party security suppliers and said it was because the US Foreign Investment Commission had not approved the security agreement.She added that Tiktok's original plan has now reached an agreement.
She also revealed that TIKTOK is quickly recruiting data security positions that do not require the US regulatory authorities."Although some part of our plan is to meet the regulatory requirements of the US government, we are continuing to promote overall security measures."
In August 2020, the US Overseas Investment Commission to protect American user data to protect American user dataOn the grounds, the byte beating was required to peel off Tiktok, but the president was withdrawn this request after Bayeng came to power.Over the years, Tiktok has been working hard to find plans to seek the trust of the US government.
At present, Tiktok has announced several measures to appease the US government, including stored US user data in American Oracle Corporation, and the establishment of a U.S. Security Department (USDS) that set up a supervision data protection and content review.As of now, Tiktok has spent $ 1.5 billion (about S $ 2 billion) for recruitment and reorganization to establish the department.
However, Bayeng still signed a bill last December to prohibit federal employees from using TIKTOK on equipment issued by the government.Prior to this, many US states and local governments have issued similar bans, of which Wisconsin also joined this ranks on Saturday.
