TikTok is accused of recovering the data of its users to better spy on them for the benefit of Beijing. The head of the PS-Place publique list, Raphaël Glucksmann, is calling for a commission of inquiry in the European Parliament on the subject.
“It’s a question of consistency. This social network is a pump to be given to the service of the Chinese Communist Party,” he said in an interview with France 2 at the beginning of April. The Chinese social network has become a digital place that has become essential among young people. It is also a place where social networks have taken a fundamental place in the making of voters' choices. It's a place that is essential for young people to have a voice in the political process. It’ is also essential for them to be able to express themselves in a way that they can’t do in other places. Above all, it is a place to express yourself in a democratic way.