TikTok staff accessed data to track journalists, ByteDance finds
Chinese parent company of popular video app says the employees responsible are no longer with the company.
Source: aljazeera.com
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Chinese parent company of popular video app says the employees responsible are no longer with the company.
Staff were trying to investigate leaks of company information
ByteDance admits to allegations that TikTok employees accessed user data of two US journalists, but had been removed
ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of the famous video app TikTok, announced on Thursday that certain former workers inappropriately accessed the US TikTok user data, including two journalists.
TikTok employees tracked several journalists 'as part of a covert surveillance campaign'