‘Intelligence Matter’: TikTok Parent Company Blacklists China’s Opponents, State Department Reveals

The State Department said that TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have blacklisted Beijing’s critics to prevent opposition to the Chinese government from spreading online.

The new accusation is contained in an expansive, 58-page official U.S.-government report that found that the Chinese Communist Party spends billions annually to promote its propaganda, disinformation, and censorship regime globally. ByteDance is a Beijing-based tech company with extensive ties to the Chinese government.