Coverage dated December 21, 2022 to December 22, 2022
TikTok confirms that journalists' data was accessed by employees of its parent company
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By Clare Duffy, CNN TikTok parent company ByteDance has fired four employees who improperly accessed the personal data of two journalists on the platform, TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter confirmed to CNN Thursday.
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Employees of TikTok's China-based parent company ByteDance obtained the data of two reporters via their TikTok accounts, an internal investigation discovered.
An inquiry into TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance found that employees of the company obtained the private user data of two U.S. journalists. The startling admission is part of larger revelations on how the Chinese company spies on Americans.
By Clare Duffy, CNN TikTok parent company ByteDance has fired four employees who improperly accessed the personal data of two journalists on the platform, TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter confirmed to CNN Thursday.
TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance revealed that an internal probe found employees had inappropriately obtained the data of U.S. TikTok users.
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