TikTok said that it does not gather accurate GPS location information from users in the United States, implying that it cannot be used to track individuals “in the manner [Forbes] described.” In reaction to a Forbes report suggesting that a China-based team from the app’s parent firm, ByteDance, intended to use the app to monitor “the personal whereabouts of certain specified American people,” the app’s communications team tweeted. It’s unclear if the information on those people was really gathered.
