Bytedance also worked with the CPC to promote propaganda, said a former company executive in a court filing. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SAN FRANCISCO – Chinese Communist Party members used a “god credential” at TikTok parent ByteDance to examine the personal data of civil rights activists and protesters in Hong Kong, and identify and track them down, a former company executive said in a court filing.
The party’s “superuser credential,” also known as a “god credential,” was “commonly discussed between employees at various levels of the company, including senior executives,” Mr Yu said.“Yu observed that ByteDance demoted content that expressed support for the protests in Hong Kong , while it promoted content that expressed criticisms of the protests in Hong Kong,” Mr Yu said.
“It’s curious that Mr Yu has never raised these allegations in the five years since his employment for Flipagram was terminated,” ByteDance said.Mr Yu added the surveillance claims this week to his May lawsuit, which alleges he was fired in retaliation for his complaints to ByteDance supervisors about illegal conduct at the company.
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