Accusations reflect apparent clash of working cultures between UK ecommerce team and Chinese parent ByteDance| www.ft.com
“I’ve been in this industry for a long time. I don’t want to be told what to do.” —a former TikTok executive| Forbes
Three hundred current employees at TikTok and its parent company ByteDance previously worked for Chinese state media publications, according to public employee LinkedIn profiles reviewed by Forbes.| Forbes
The TikTok parent company owns a diverse set of companies across sectors including news, video gaming, and education, in addition to its short-form video apps.| Forbes
By Roland Cloutier, TikTok Chief Information Security Officer As someone who has spent my entire adult life working on the industry's most challenging security issues, it is great to see that the broa - Thoughts, stories and ideas.| Newsroom | TikTok
By Michael Beckerman, Vice President, Head of US Public Policy, TikTok At TikTok, we believe that accountability and transparency are essential to facilitating trust with our community – and we're com - Thoughts, stories and ideas.| Newsroom | TikTok
The letters below were shared internally to our company earlier today, announcing an update to our global security organization. A Message from Global Chief Security Officer Roland Cloutier Hi team – - Thoughts, stories and ideas.| Newsroom | TikTok
By Erich Andersen, General Counsel and Roland Cloutier, Chief Information Security Officer Over the last several years, we've seen increased concerns about the intersection of consumer services and n - Thoughts, stories and ideas.| Newsroom | TikTok
The committee cited BuzzFeed News reporting that China-based employees at TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, had repeatedly accessed sensitive US user data.| Forbes
The project, assigned to a Beijing-led team, would have involved accessing location data from some U.S. users’ devices without their knowledge or consent.| Forbes
“I feel like with these tools, there’s some backdoor to access user data in almost all of them,” said an external auditor hired to help TikTok close off Chinese access to sensitive information, like Americans’ birthdays and phone numbers.| BuzzFeed News