Taiwan must address TikTok threatBy Pan Kuan 潘寬In the article “Who’s afraid of TikTok? India banned TikTok for allegedly stealing Indian users’ information and surreptitiously sending it to China. With many countries on alert, is Taiwan, which is on the front line of China’s hegemonic expansion, prepared for technology like TikTok? The Economist article said that TikTok is quickly catching up to its peers, and is growing much faster than other platforms. The short-video format has caught the attention of young people, with about 44 percent of TikTok users in the US younger than 25, while only 16 percent of Facebook users are younger than 25.

Source: Taipei Times August 08, 2022 04:10 UTC