On the issue of surveillance, TikTok has admitted to inappropriately accessing data belonging to US users, including journalists from Forbes and the Financial Times, as part of efforts to track down leakers. TikTok and ByteDance said they fired everyone involved in the operation.
like me previously publishedthe initiative was spearheaded by TikTok’s hyper-aggressive internal security team, drawing criticism from many TikTok employees. Sources I spoke with indicated that the team is mostly made up of former US and European law enforcement officials.