A ByteDance app called Feishu that holds nearly all of TikTok’s internal communications was subject to a “wide-ranging inspection” before the CCP’s 20th National Congress last fall, documents show.| Forbes
Months before the U.S. government demanded ByteDance divest from TikTok, the Department Of Justice’s Criminal Division subpoenaed the app’s Chinese parent company, according to a source.| Forbes
ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists’ physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.| Forbes
The internal risk assessment, completed in late 2021, also warned of rampant self-dealing, embezzlement, and potential indictment of executives.| Forbes
For the past four years the Biden administration and TikTok have been negotiating a deal to resolve national security concerns posed by the Chinese-owned app. Here’s a look inside a draft of the deal.| Forbes
