SECURITY THREAT: Hundreds of TikTok employees previously worked for Chinese state media, report says
"TikTok is not what it appears to be on the surface. It is not just an app for sharing funning videos or memes. That’s the sheep’s clothing," Carr wrote. "At its core, TikTok functions as a sophisticated surveillance tool that harvests extensive amounts of personal and sensitive data."
TikTok app logo on the App Store is seen with TikTok logo displayed in the background in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on July 18, 2021.ByteDance spokesperson Jennifer Banks told Forbes that hiring is decided "purely on an individual’s professional capability to do the job." "For our China-market businesses, that includes people who have previously worked in government or state media positions in China," she said.
FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2020, file photo, the logo for Chinese telecommunications firm China Telecom is seen on a booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing. U.S.
TikTok recently admitted that employees outside the U.S. could access user information, but insisted that such access required "robust cybersecurity protocols and authorization" from its U.S. security team. Leaked internal documents from TikTok also show that the company actively pushed employees to "downplay the China association" in order to help deal with the growing attention and criticism, Gizmodo reported.
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