TikTok Owner Admits Employees Accessed Data of U.S. Users and Journalists

[Scott]

 

ByteDance, the parent company behind TikTok, admitted this week a handful of its employees, some based in China, inappropriately accessed TikTok data of U.S. users and two journalists when conducting an investigation attempting to snuff out the source of a damning leak.

 

TikTok CEO Shou Chew reportedly admitted the overreach in a memo sent to employees viewed by Bloomberg. The revelations follow a months-long internal investigation at the company spurred by a Forbes investigation earlier this year alleging the company planned to use the TikTok app to track certain U.S. users’ locations.

 

https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-data-china-bytedance-1849924671

[mikebike]

So... Just like every other social media app then, eh. Big reveal ????

[still kicking]

1 minute ago, mikebike said:

So... Just like every other social media app then, eh. Big reveal ????

The different is TikTok is Chinese

[Tug]

That’s why it isn’t allowed on government electronic devices it’s also easy and intuitive to see how they try to direct your thinking 

[mikebike]

11 minutes ago, still kicking said:

The different is TikTok is Chinese

What difference does that make? 

Edited December 23, 2022 by mikebike

[still kicking]

1 minute ago, mikebike said:

What difference does that make? 

Ask that question the persons who got detained as spies in China 

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1 hour ago, mikebike said:

What difference does that make? 

TikTok can't say no to the Chinese government.

[IAMHERE]

Wonder what Edward Snowden would have to say about a government, other than the USA, spying using smartphones.

[RichardColeman]

Dare say the data showed they just spent hours watching teens twerking !