TikTok accused of aiding Chinese spying on Hong Kong activists.
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TikTok's owner ByteDance has been accused of allowing Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members to access the data of Hong Kong civil rights activists and protesters. Users who uploaded "protest-related content" were also identified and monitored, former ByteDance executive Yintao Yu alleges in a US court filing. The CCP members were also able to access US TikTok user data, Mr Yu says. A ByteDance spokesperson denied the claims, describing them as "baseless".
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