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 ==Censorship, surveillance, and data privacy concerns ==
+ByteDance has faced scrutiny regarding surveillance,<ref name=":8">{{Cite news |last=Baker-White |first=Emily |date=October 20, 2022 |title=TikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American Citizens |work=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/10/20/tiktok-bytedance-surveillance-american-user-data |access-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-date=21 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021231359/https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/10/20/tiktok-bytedance-surveillance-american-user-data/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kang |first=Cecilia |date=2022-12-22 |title=ByteDance Inquiry Finds Employees Obtained User Data of 2 Journalists |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/technology/byte-dance-tik-tok-internal-investigation.html |access-date=2022-12-22 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=22 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222201421/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/technology/byte-dance-tik-tok-internal-investigation.html |url-status=live }}</ref> data privacy,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baker-White |first=Emily |date=June 17, 2022 |title=Leaked Audio From 80 Internal TikTok Meetings Shows That US User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China |work=[[Buzzfeed News]] |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access |access-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624025154/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access |url-status=live }}</ref> and censorship issues,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potkin |first=Fanny |date=13 August 2020 |title=Exclusive: ByteDance censored anti-China content in Indonesia until mid-2020 – sources |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-indonesia-exclusive-idUSKCN2591ML |url-status=live |access-date=14 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823225449/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tiktok-indonesia-exclusive-idUSKCN2591ML |archive-date=23 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hern |first=Alex |date=September 25, 2019 |title=Revealed: how TikTok censors videos that do not please Beijing |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/25/revealed-how-tiktok-censors-videos-that-do-not-please-beijing |url-status=live |access-date=September 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021015127/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/25/revealed-how-tiktok-censors-videos-that-do-not-please-beijing |archive-date=21 October 2019}}</ref> particularly concerning human rights violations in Tibet and the persecution of Uyghurs in China.{{refn|group=note|See references:{{larger|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cellan-Jones |first=Rory |date=2019-11-29 |title=Tech Tent: Tik Tok and the Uighur Muslims |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50601906 |access-date=2023-09-15 |archive-date=10 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010211432/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50601906 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Cockerell |first=Isobel |date=25 September 2023 |title=How TikTok opened a window into China's police state |work=[[Coda Media]] |url=https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/tiktok-uyghur-china/ |access-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-date=13 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913075039/https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/tiktok-uyghur-china/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fifield |first=Anna |date=28 November 2019 |title=TikTok's owner is helping China's campaign of repression in Xinjiang, report finds |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/tiktoks-owner-is-helping-chinas-campaign-of-repression-in-xinjiang-report-finds/2019/11/28/98e8d9e4-119f-11ea-bf62-eadd5d11f559_story.html |url-status=live |access-date=28 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128183415/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/tiktoks-owner-is-helping-chinas-campaign-of-repression-in-xinjiang-report-finds/2019/11/28/98e8d9e4-119f-11ea-bf62-eadd5d11f559_story.html |archive-date=28 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Cockerell |first=Isobel |date=24 January 2020 |title=Xinjiang's TikTok wipes away evidence of Uyghur persecution |url=https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/xinjiang-china-tiktok-uyghur/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603144510/https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/xinjiang-china-tiktok-uyghur/ |archive-date=3 June 2020 |access-date=2 July 2020 |work=[[Coda Media]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Levine |first=Alexandra |date=May 1, 2023 |title=TikTok Parent ByteDance's 'Sensitive Words' Tool Monitors Discussion Of China, Trump, Uyghurs |work=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandralevine/2023/05/01/tiktok-bytedance-suppression-tool-trump-china-uyghurs/?sh=1e09170f434c |access-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-date=10 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010211432/https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandralevine/2023/05/01/tiktok-bytedance-suppression-tool-trump-china-uyghurs/?sh=1e09170f434c |url-status=live }}</ref>}}}} There are ongoing concerns about the implications of China's National Intelligence Law and Cybersecurity Law, which could affect ByteDance and its employees, especially regarding extraterritorial jurisdiction.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Palmer |first=Alex W. |date=2022-12-20 |title=How TikTok Became a Diplomatic Crisis |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/magazine/tiktok-us-china-diplomacy.html |access-date=2022-12-21 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=21 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221214347/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/magazine/tiktok-us-china-diplomacy.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":11" />{{Rp|pages=42–43}}
+In September 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a report that summarised responses from nine companies, including ByteDance, to inquiries made under Section 6(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914. The report investigated user and non-user data collection practices, particularly focusing on data related to children and teenagers. It concluded that the data practices of these companies rendered individuals susceptible to risks such as identity theft, stalking, unlawful discrimination, emotional distress, mental health issues, social stigma, and reputational harm.
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