“Having a licensing deal is the best compromise TikTok could have done," said Arindrajit Basu, senior policy officer, Center for Internet and Society (CIS). A licensing agreement in India could help TikTok convince the Indian government that the country’s data sovereignty is protected. “Oracle, or whichever the company they partner with, will guarantee that the user data will not go to China. That is one way of protecting India from Chinese surveillance," Basu said. Karmakar said a deal in the US will lead to “significant oversight" by not just US authorities but also the Chinese.

Source: Mint September 15, 2020 00:22 UTC