China tracked Hong Kong protesters with TikTok ‘god credential,’ lawsuit says
A former executive at TikTok parent ByteDance claimed Chinese Communist Party officials had access to a “god credential” on the social media platform that allowed them to track pro-democracy protesters and civil rights activists in Hong Kong, according to a court filing.
“This was a backdoor to any barrier ByteDance had supposedly installed to protect data from the Chinese Communist Party’s surveillance,” the court filing said. According to Yu, CCP officials used the backdoor access to monitor key data linked to Hong Kong protesters, including their locations, personal devices, IP addresses and SIM card numbers, as well as personal communications on TikTok.The filing further alleged that ByteDance promoted CCP propaganda while suppressing content related to the Hong Kong protests.
ByteDance allegedly allowed the CCP with backdoor access to the personal data of Hong Kong protesters.When reached for comment, a ByteDance spokesperson said the company plans to “vigorously oppose what we believe are baseless claims and allegations in this complaint.”
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