Joe Rogan has warned TikTok users about the privacy and safety concerns posed by the Chinese-owned social media platform, saying that ultimately their data end up in the hands of China.
Rogan said on the latest episode of his podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” that he had fallen “down a TikTok rabbit hole” reading the company’s lengthy terms of service, adding, “This is so crazy.”
TikTok is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance and U.S. officials have repeatedly warned that American users’ data may be used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which could pose national security risks.
“Listen to this, this is from TikTok’s privacy policy,” Rogan said. “It said, ‘We collect certain information about the device you use to access the platform, such as your IP address, user region.’ This is really crazy.”…