TikTok parent company acknowledges spying on journalists

By Christopher Hutton

Published December 22, 2022 9:50pm ET

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TikTok parent company acknowledges spying on journalists — Women wearing masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus chat as they pass by the ByteDance headquarters in Beijing, China on Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. | (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Employees from TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, spied on at least two journalists using data from the social media app.

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