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Coverage dated March 16, 2023

Justice Department investigating TikTok parent company ByteDance for possible spying on U.S. citizens

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News of the probe comes as U.S. lawmakers have ramped up calls for action against the widely popular social media app.

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  1. CBS News

    Justice Department investigating TikTok parent company ByteDance for possible spying on U.S. citizens (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    News of the probe comes as U.S. lawmakers have ramped up calls for action against the widely popular social media app.

  2. Hot Air

    TikTok Under Federal Criminal Investigation For Spying On American Citizens: Report (opens Hot Air)

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    TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is controlled by communist China, is reportedly under federal criminal investigation for surveilling U.S. citizens. The news comes as U.S. lawmakers released bip...

  3. The Daily Caller

    FBI, DOJ Investigating TikTok Parent Over Surveillance Of Americans: REPORT (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice are investigating ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, for surveilling Americans.

  4. New York Times

    Justice Dept. Investigating TikTok’s Owner Over Possible Spying on Journalists (opens New York Times)

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    The inquiry appears to be tied to an admission by the app’s owner, ByteDance, that employees had inappropriately obtained Americans’ data. The company said it had fired the workers involved.

  5. Breitbart News

    FBI and DOJ Investigate TikTok's Chinese Parent Company ByteDance for Spying on Americans (opens Breitbart News)

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    The FBI and DOJ have reportedly launched investigations into TikTok's parent company over allegations of spying on journalists, including Americans.

  6. NBC News

    The DOJ and FBI are investigating TikTok over allegations its employees spied on journalists (opens NBC News)

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    The investigation comes as the Biden administration is demanding TikTok’s Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance, sell the video-sharing app or see it banned in the United States.

  7. FOX 29 Philadelphia

    TikTok under federal investigation for spying on Americans: reports (opens FOX 29 Philadelphia)

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    Both the FBI and the FCC have warned that ByteDance, which is based in Beijing, could share TikTok user data with China’s authoritarian government.

  8. NewsBusters

    CAUGHT? DOJ Probes TikTok Parent Company for Exploiting Journalists’ Data (opens NewsBusters)

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    ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, finds itself in more turmoil as a new report suggests that the FBI and Justice Department are inve

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