The decision to permit TikTok in Europe is “insane,” according to Professor Scott Galloway of New York University. At an event in Helsinki last week, Galloway described TikTok as probably “the most ascendant technology company in history” — and “a national defence threat.” The professor’s concerns stem from two key factors: TikTok’s alleged links to the Chinese government and the platform’s peerless content recommendation system. “They have implanted a neural jack into the web matter of our youth,” Galloway said. TikTok has denied claims the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influences the app’s content and receives user data directly from the…
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