Yu says that the same propagandist methods ByteDance facilitated in Hong Kong could be deployed in the US, as US TikTok user data is also available to the CCP via backdoor access.

A former ByteDance executive is alleging in a California court filing that a "backdoor channel" in TikTok’s code allows the Chinese Community Party (CCP) access to user data, even if stored by a ...

ByteDance thinks Americans are fools. The Chinese tech giant’s latest maneuver — building a “new app” to replace TikTok while keeping the same owners, same code, same data flows — represents corporate ...

After several months of negotiations involving ByteDance, prospective buyers and Vice President J.D. Vance, a deal had been reached as of Wednesday that would have seen TikTok’s American ...

“If proven, these allegations reinforce that TikTok’s supposed independence is a fraud, and that [Chinese Communist Party (CCP)]-controlled ByteDance directly manages TikTok’s internal ...

It’s reminiscent of the arc of TikTok, where Chinese-owned ByteDance’s video-sharing platform became widely popular in the U.S. before growing skepticism of its data-sharing with the CCP.

It is the reality that the CCP owns China. As long as ByteDance owns TikTok, it will serve the party’s goals — not only for business survival but also for the safety of its staff and their ...

TikTok is under orders to split from ByteDance by January 19, otherwise it will face a U.S. ban enforced by the Supreme Court. ... (CCP) to undermine U.S. national security.

ByteDance director Bill Ford says deal coming to save TikTok in the U.S. ... “My biggest problem is that we know that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), as well as Russia, ...

The dangers extend beyond addiction. TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is legally obligated under China’s National Intelligence Law to assist the CCP in intelligence gathering.

After several months of negotiations involving ByteDance, prospective buyers and Vice President J.D. Vance, a deal had been reached as of Wednesday that would have seen TikTok’s American ...

After several months of negotiations involving ByteDance, prospective buyers and Vice President J.D. Vance, ... (CCP) motivated lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to move against ByteDance.