“We’re disappointed that so many states are jumping on the bandwagon to enact policies based on unfounded, politically charged falsehoods about TikTok,” said the spokesperson. As of July, TikTok still uses data centers in Virginia and Singapore to store user data as a backup, though it expects to delete those backups in a full transition to U.S. traffic through U.S.-based servers using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Data Security division and routing all U.S.
TikTok officials have released statements outlining their data practices, including creating a U.S.