In order to resolve the distrust of the Chinese parent company Bytedance, TikTok told an Australian government committee that it would allow government officials to review its algorithms and test source code.
TikTok Australian executives at the "Special Committee on Foreign Intervention through Social Media" meeting in Canberra today said algorithms and codes TikTok user-recommended content would be available to government and business entities for inspection.
TikTok Global Chief Security Officer Laurent Kroutier (Roland Cloutier) said in the video conference that TikTok code would be tested in public for regulators, government and business entities.
The TikTok's affidavit to the Committee states that eligible government personnel can inspect and test the source code of the TikTok at a transparency and accountability centre in Los Angeles, USA, and that another similar centre will be built Washington also through a virtual access centre.
The source code for the TikTok is not the same as the source code and algorithm used by its parent company, ByteDance, in its Chinese version.
According to earlier rumors, The byte runout says it will co-operate with Oracle and Wal-Mart TikTok, a new company called TikTok Global And byte beat it will own 80% of the shares. But, uh, Oracle and Wal-Mart said, And most of TikTok Global ownership will be in the hands of Americans, Consistent with the executive order issued by the United States President Trump on 14 August, A byte runout must give up TikTok ownership within 90 days. According to the latest news, Beijing is not satisfied with the plan, The agreement was referred to as "humiliating the State ".
To this end, TikTok Australian General Manager Hunter Lee (Lee Hunter) said that & quot; deal is in progress & quot;, he is not aware of the discussion. TikTok registered a company in australia last year to run its australian business, and two of its three directors, from china, are senior managers of byte hopping.
