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Data mining case embarrasses TikTok

2022-12-23T17:06:46.179Z


The geolocation history of two Anglo-Saxon journalists was used to identify their sources. This is a case that ByteDance would have done well without. Following an independent audit commissioned by the Chinese group, the publisher of the social network TikTok announced the dismissal of four employees (including two based in the United States) working for its “Internal Audit and Risks” unit. Their fault? Having sought to discover who, within the group, had leaked sensitive information to


This is a case that ByteDance would have done well without.

Following an independent audit commissioned by the Chinese group, the publisher of the social network TikTok announced the dismissal of four employees (including two based in the United States) working for its “Internal Audit and Risks” unit.

Their fault?

Having sought to discover who, within the group, had leaked sensitive information to the British and American media

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and Buzzfeed.

To achieve this, these employees used personal data from the TikTok accounts of two journalists, Cristina Criddle and Emily Baker-White, including the geolocation history of their smartphones.

They then cross-referenced them with the data of suspicious employees in order to discover which of them had already physically met the journalists.

We take the security of our users' data very seriously.

Shou Zi Chew, President of TikTok

Excess of zeal or direct order from the hierarchy?

If the maneuver to flush out the moles has, it seems, given nothing, its revelation in the public square plunges the group...

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Source: lefigaro

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