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Ex-ByteDance Exec Claims TikTok Gave Communist Party ‘God User’ Status
A former high-level ByteDance executive claims the company has a “back door channel” in its code that allows members of the Chinese Community Party view data from users anywhere in the world, including the US and Hong Kong. The former executive claims CCP officials have used that tool at least once to identify users involved…
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‘Are We Waiting for Shit to Hit the Fan?’: A Warning Over AI Chatbots Writing News
We talk to the man previously in charge of trust and safety at Google and Byte Dance.
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TikTok Users Can Apply to Make $US1,000 ($1,388) to Watch Trending Content
Watching endless TikTok videos will become a lucrative pastime for the three social media users who land a job that will pay them to continuously scroll through the app. Ubiquitous, an influencer marketing agency, announced it will pay $US100 ($139) per hour for successful applicants to scroll through TikTok for 10 hours straight searching for “emerging…
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TikTok Tracked a Cat’s Account to Spy on a Journalist
A handful of ByteDance employees in the US and China tracked a cat’s TikTok account in order to find the IP address of its owner, a reporter covering the company. Buffy, a black and white Maine Coon-looking kitty named after the vampire slayer, reportedly had 170 followers and 20 posts when the employees viewed the…