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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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