I wasn't speaking about hacking. I was just talking about without requesting, about if they could just access it.
I appreciate the response on that, and obviously that is the crux of the matter. As somebody who has pushed for a wider study on the use of social media, whether it's through private actors like Elon Musk and the kind of unhinged nature in which his takeover of Twitter has resulted in the devolution of that platform, or Facebook or Instagram or others, I think it's important that we get clear about what it is that's at stake here.
One of the other findings from the four headings under the French Senate report included that, for the extensive data collection carried out by the platform, the purposes remain “opaque”. The multi-faceted opacity on the part of the company included its lack of transparency and the opacity of TikTok's recommended algorithm, and the public health issue with regard to concerns about the psychological effects of TikTok, particularly amongst young people.
Do you accept the findings of the report?