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TikTok on Friday took another step in attempting to assuage concerns about the security of its US user data. The popular social video app said in a blog post that it's changed the default location of US user data, with "100% of US user traffic is being routed to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure."

TikTok has long faced scrutiny over national security concerns, including that the app could give the Chinese government access to US user data. In 2020, the US government under President Donald Trump ordered ByteDance, the app's Beijing-based parent company, to divest TikTok. However, the sell-off wasn't enforced by the Biden administration.

"We know we are among the most scrutinized platforms from a security standpoint, and we aim to remove any doubt about the security of US user data," wrote Albert Calamug, who works on US security public policy for TikTok, in the blog post on Friday.

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