Data Privacy
Jun. 7, 2023
CCP had access to US user data, former TikTok officer alleges
The allegations were made in a new declaration filed by Yintao Yu, in San Francisco Superior Court on Tuesday and come less than three months after TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told Congress on March 23 that the company's new $1.5 billion data security project would be aimed at protecting U.S. users.
A former executive suing TikTok's parent company, ByteDance Inc., for wrongful termination now claims the Chinese Communist Party had a "god credential" that it used to access Americans' user data and monitor activists during the Hong Kong protests.
The allegations were made in a new declaration filed by Yintao Yu, the plaintiff, in San Francisco Superior Court on Tuesday and come less than three months after TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told Congress on March 23 that ...
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