ByteDance fired four employees who accessed US journalists' TikTok data

Dec 22 2022 by Engadget

ByteDance says it has fired four employees who accessed the data of several TikTok users located in the US, including journalists. According to The New York Times, an investigation conducted by an outside law firm found that the employees were trying to locate the sources of leaks to reporters. Two of the employees were in the US and two were in China, where ByteDance is based.

The company reportedly determined that members of a team responsible for monitoring employee conduct accessed the IP...

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