Over 100 million people use TikTok in the United States, but now the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice are investigating alleged claims that TikTok’s owner ByteDance has reportedly been using its employees to spy on journalists in the U.S.
Reports state that ByteDance has access to journalists location information and other private user data, in order to track down sources.
BuzzFeed and the Financial Times were named as some of the publications.
A journalist named Cristina Criddle who worked for the Financial Times in the United Kingdom was reportedly under surveillance as she covered stories on TikTok’s London employees and their working conditions, including alleged sexual harassment.
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