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

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

1 minute ago, mikebike said:

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

The different is TikTok is Chinese

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 

11 minutes ago, still kicking said:

The different is TikTok is Chinese

What difference does that make? 

Edited December 23, 20223 yr by mikebike

1 minute ago, mikebike said:

What difference does that make? 

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

1 hour ago, mikebike said:

What difference does that make? 

TikTok can't say no to the Chinese government.

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

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