Ex-ByteDance exec claims CCP "maintained" access to U.S. data
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Ex-ByteDance exec claims CCP "maintained" access to U.S. data
https://www.axios.com/2023/05/13/bytedance-executive-china-government-data
The former engineering head called the tech giant "a useful propaganda tool for the Chinese Communist Party."
Yu, whose claim says he served as head of engineering for ByteDance's U.S. offices from August 2017 to November 2018, alleged that inside the Beijing-based company, the CCP "had a special office or unit, which was sometimes referred to as the 'Committee'."
The "Committee" didn't work for ByteDance but "played a significant role," in part by "gui[ding] how the company advanced core Communist values," the lawsuit claims.
The CCP could also access U.S. user data via a "backdoor channel in the code," the suit states.