Former ByteDance Employee Alleges China's 'Supreme' Data Control in Lawsuit.
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A former employee of Bytedance, the parent company of TikTok, has alleged in a lawsuit that China's Communist Party had "supreme access" to all data held by the company, including on servers in the United States. The lawsuit comes amid intense scrutiny over what level of control Beijing is able to exert over TikTok and its content. Bytedance denies the allegations and plans to contest the lawsuit. The popular social media app is at risk of being banned in the US over national security concerns, with officials fearing that the Chinese government could potentially gain access to user data.
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- Fired ByteDance Exec Says China Exerted ‘Supreme’ Data Control HT Tech
- Former exec at TikTok parent firm sues, citing 'lawlessness' Hong Kong Standard
- Ex-employee: TikTok owner in a ‘scheme’ to steal data NewsNation Now
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