The TikTok platform and its parent company ByteDance confirmed that members of ByteDance’s internal audit team tracked the physical location of journalists by IP address while the vulnerability was patched.
Financial Times and Forbes
The idea is to check how close journalists are to ByteDance employees, who can pass information to them using their TikTok accounts. Financial Times, Forbes, and some journalists close to them were hunted. Both publications have published articles criticizing TikTok based on leaked information, ranging from the firing of an executive who “didn’t believe” in maternity leave to TikTok’s ties to China and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
“The wrongdoing of some individuals who no longer use ByteDance was a blatant abuse of their access to user data. This type of abuse is unacceptable and inconsistent with our efforts to improve user trust,” TikTok spokeswoman Hilary McQueen De told Forbes.
Five people were fired for their actions—internal audit chief Chris Lepitak, department head, China director Sun Ye and two other employees.
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Previously, American lawmakers submitted bills to both houses of Congress to ban the use of the social network TikTok in the United States. The main reason for the ban is that China could use the social network to spy on Americans.
TikTok platform and its parent company ByteDance confirmed that members of ByteDance internal audit team tracked physical location of journalists by IP address.
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FAQ:
❓ What is TikTok?
TikTok is a short-form, video-sharing app that allows users to create and share 15-second videos, on any topic.
✔️ How many users does TikTok have?
TikTok has over 500 million active users worldwide.
🚀 What did TikTok do?
TikTok has been accused of spying on Forbes and Financial Times journalists. The app is said to have accessed the journalists’ contact lists and tracked physical location of journalists by IP address.
