BuzzFeed News obtained leaked audio from 80 internal TikTok meetings showing US user data was repeatedly accessed from China. The DOJ alleged sensitive data including PII was shared via Lark (internal tool) and stored on Chinese servers. ByteDance engineers built scraping tools to collect bulk US user data including views on gun control, abortion, and religion. The Wall Street Journal confirmed managers instructed workers to share data bypassing official channels.
TikTok's US user data was repeatedly accessed from China despite company denials
βTikTok is a Chinese surveillance tool. User data is going directly to ByteDance in Beijing despite their claims about storing it in the US.β
π The Receipts
βοΈ The Record, Side by Side
What they said vs. what the evidence shows
βTikTok has never shared, and would never share, US user data with the Chinese government.β
β TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew Β· Mar 2023
π They Laughed At Us
βTikTok has never shared, and would never share, US user data with the Chinese government.β
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