The New York Times reports it obtained company documents showing TikTok employees posted user information on an internal messaging platform called Lark. According to the documents, driver's licenses and other content, including child sexual abuse materials, were accessible on Lark. Four current and former employees said they raised concerns to the company about access to the materials, while one employee asked in an internal document, "Should Beijing-based employees be owners of groups that contain secret" user data.
Employees shared TikTok user data on internal platform
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