TikTok employees are reportedly being asked by US border patrol agents if they’re part of the Chinese Communist Party – By Geoff Weiss (Insider) / April 30, 2024
US border patrol agents have interrogated more than 30 ByteDance and TikTok employees, per Forbes.
They’re being asked about ties to the CCP, and the security of American user data.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced similar questions during a hearing in January.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have interrogated more than 30 ByteDance and TikTok employees traveling to the US from China, according to a report by Forbes.
Employees are being asked a list of dedicated questions, including whether they have ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and what access ByteDance and TikTok have to American user data, Forbes reported, citing anonymous sources close to the matter.
Employees from various teams — many of whom are Chinese — are also being asked by CBP agents about Project Texas, per Forbes, which is TikTok’s overarching security plan to wall off American data from China.
