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TikTok pushed back on a Forbes magazine report that the social media app's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, is using its technology to "monitor the personal location of some specific American citizens." On Thursday, Forbes reported that it had reviewed materials which showed that ByteDance "planned to use the TikTok app" to pinpoint the precise locations of prominent US nationals. Forbes claimed in its report that the effort was overseen by Beijing-based executive Song Ye, who directly reports to ByteDance CEO Rubo Liang. Song is reported to head up the company's "Internal Audit and Risk Control department" which is charged with…
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