Leaked documents from TikTok show a concerted effort to downplay Chinese access as a security threat. A report published by Gizmodo details how TikTok handles prickly questions from the media. Chief among those concerns is Chinese access to American data – which isn’t supposed to be happening (but is). Gizmodo obtained a series of PR documents titled ‘TikTok Master Messaging’ and ‘TikTok Key Messages’ that highlight the image the company wants to present to the public. These leaked TikTok documents were last updated in August 2021 but have been consistently altered since their creation in March 2020. “Downplay the parent...