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TikTok Tracked a Cat's Account to Spy on a Journalist

May 5, 2023
Source: gizmodo.com gizmodo.com
News Snapshot:
A handful of ByteDance employees in the US and China tracked a cat’s TikTok account in order to find the IP address of its owner, a reporter covering the company. Buffy, a black and white Maine Coon-looking kitty named after the vampire slayer, reportedly had 170 followers and 20 posts when the employees viewed the data. The traumatizing tracking has reportedly forced Buffy off of social media: Cristina Criddle, the cat’s owner and a reporter for the Financial Times, said Buffy “sadly is no longer making content.” Advertisement Criddle revealed those details in a recent article detailing the moments TikTok...
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