Casey NewtonDec 22, 2022
Wowww: ByteDance employees used TikTok data to try to find reporters' sources. Really, really bad stuff https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/technology/byte-dance-tik-tok-internal-investigation.html
ByteDance Inquiry Finds Employees Obtained User Data of 2 Journalists

The company’s internal investigation showed that workers also obtained data on a small number of other U.S. users.

The New York Times
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Bad!! https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/12/22/tiktok-tracks-forbes-journalists-bytedance/?sh=28ed334e7da5
EXCLUSIVE: TikTok Spied On Forbes Journalists

ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists’ physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.

Forbes
Dec 22, 2022 at 8:20pmWeb
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Show threadAbe HassanDec 22, 2022
@caseynewton this story is what the Twitter Files wish they were
Show threadJim RuttDec 22, 2022
@caseynewton for many reasons TikTok should be shutdown. This is a convenient excuse.
Show threadJustinDec 27, 2022

@caseynewton - y’all —— we knew this?

Right? Of course we knew they were doing this. Why would they not do this.

But we loved the airfrier videos, and the dog videos, and the dances!
#tiktok