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Commentary: Until TikTok’s fate is decided, we should take responsibility for protecting our data online

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on " TikTok: How Congress Can Safeguard American Data Privacy and Protect Children from Online Harms," on Capitol Hill, March 23, 2023, in Washington, DC.

Few, if any of us, live in a place like Mayberry, the fictitious town in North Carolina that provides the bucolic setting for the 1960s television program “The Andy Griffith Show.” Before we leave our homes, we secure our doors and windows. When leaving our vehicles, we lock their doors. We install complex security systems to protect our property against intruders.

Yet when we enter the cyberworld, we act like it is a version of Mayberry. We tend to act nonchalantly

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