ByteDance, LinkedIn and others ordered by China to fix data collection – Nikkei Asia

ByteDance’s app TikTok, known in China as Douyin, advertises during China Fashion Week on March 31. © Reuters May 22, 2021 02:58 JST | China Copy Copied HONG KONG (AP) — China’s internet watchdog said Friday it had found Bytedance’s Douyin, Microsoft Bing, LinkedIn and 102 other apps were engaged in improper collection and use of data and ordered them to fix the problem. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said that the 105 apps violated laws by excessively collecting and illegally accessing users’ personal information, according to a statement posted on its site Friday. Other companies it named included…