TikTok has denied a report that a China-based team at its parent company ByteDance planned to use the app to track the locations of US citizens.
The social media giant said on Twitter that it has never been used to “target” the American government, activists, public figures, or journalists.
3/ TikTok has never been used to "target" any members of the U.S. government, activists, public figures or journalists, nor do we serve them a different content experience than other users.
— TikTokComms (@TikTokComms) October 20, 2022
The firm also says it does not collect precise location data from US users.
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