TikTok fires back at Forbes, denies report of a plan to track specific US citizens using its app

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TikTok says Forbes left out a vital part of its statement.

“TikTok does not collect precise GPS location information from US users,” despite the article’s claims that its parent company ByteDance considered obtaining “location data from U.S. users’ devices.”, said that ByteDance’s Internal Audit team — usually tasked with keeping an eye on those who currently work for the company or who have worked for the company in the past — planned on surveilling at least two Americans who “had never had an employment relationship with the company.

“follows set policies and processes to acquire information they need to conduct internal investigations.”The security of TikTok data has been a broadly-cited concern about the platform for years, especially for US lawmakers concerned about the Chinese government’s access to data about US citizens. After a June report

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