ByteDance's ex-head of engineering claimed CCP officials were granted 'superuser' credentials to gain access to data on American users and Hong Kong protesters.
gram, which has since been discontinued.
“It’s curious that Mr. Yu has never raised these allegations in the five years since his employment for Flipagram was terminated in July 2018,” the spokesperson added.In Hong Kong, Yu claims CCP officials attempted to access TikTok data from protests and civil rights activists involved in the 2018 pro-Democracy protests
. Those officials, Yu alleges, were able to procure IP addresses, SIM card numbers, and other network information in an effort to identify the individuals. Officials were also allegedly able to view these users’ communications on the app. The protesters were speaking out against increasingly strict national security laws imposed in Hong Kong.
“Let me state this unequivocally: ByteDance is not an agent of China or any other country,” Chew said during the hearing.TikTok, in general has tried to assuage critics’ data security concerns by noting all US user data would be stored in the US once its project with Oracle is complete. The timeline for that project’s completion, however, remains vague. Recent
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