The war in Ukraine is devastating, and our hearts break for all those who are suffering. It has also brought pain to our community and our people. And as a platform, this war has challenged us to conf - Thoughts, stories and ideas.| Newsroom | TikTok
As the Hong Kong protests continue, Chinese state media outlets are hoping paid ads on Facebook and Twitter will shift the narrative online.| BuzzFeed News
Women sharing nursing images on the internet are being sexualized, harassed and, in some cases, exploited by voyeurs around the world.| Forbes
The committee cited BuzzFeed News reporting that China-based employees at TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, had repeatedly accessed sensitive US user data.| Forbes
TikTok content moderators at the third-party company Teleperformance were shocked to be shown graphic videos and images of children involved in sexual acts during training. Now, one former moderator has taken concerns about that material to the FBI.| Forbes
Former employees claim the company placed pieces of pro-China content in its now-defunct US news app, TopBuzz, and censored negative stories about the Chinese government. ByteDance says it did no such thing.| BuzzFeed News
“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
