Wall Street Journal: “A review of the websites of more than 3,500 companies, organizations and government entities by the Toronto-based company Feroot Security found that so-called tracking pixels from the TikTok parent company were present in 30 U.S. state-government websites across 27 states, including some where the app has been banned from state networks and devices.”



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Political Wire

New York

United States

TikTok Trackers Found in State-Government Websites

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is tracking the websites of dozens of US state governments, as President Biden still weighs an outright federal ban of the Chinese app.

Ad Fontes Media

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New York Post

Murdoch family

TikTok is tracking data on dozens of state government websites: report

More than two dozen websites operated by state governments were found to have web-tracking code installed by TikTok's parent company, revealing the extensive efforts made by the China-affiliated business to collect user data.

Washington Examiner

Philip Anschutz

Washington

District of Columbia

TikTok data trackers installed on state government websites, review finds

Tracking code created by TikTok's parent company ByteDance Ltd. has been discovered in 30 state government websites, Feroot Security says, the WSJ reported.

The Daily Caller

Tucker Carlson

Neil Patel

TikTok Tracking Code Has Infected Many State Government Websites: REPORT

Wall Street Journal: “A review of the websites of more than 3,500 companies, organizations and government entities by the Toronto-based company Feroot Security found that so-called tracking pixels from the TikTok parent company were present in 30 U.S. state-government websites across 27 states, including some where the app has been banned from state networks and devices.”

Goddard Media LLC

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is slated to testify before House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday morning

RedState

Salem Media Group

State Government Websites May Have Embedded TikTok Trackers

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Newsmax

Christopher Ruddy

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Security firm’s report shows states might be inadvertently helping Chinese-owned app collect data

Wall Street Journal

WSJ News Exclusive | U.S. State-Government Websites Use TikTok Trackers, Review Finds

by Trevor Schakohl   Tracking code created by TikTok’s parent company ByteDance Ltd. has been discovered in 30 state government websites, Feroot Security says, according to the Wall Street Journal. This type tracking code, or “pixel” is commonly placed by website administrators to track the results of advertising on TikTok, the outlet reported. Using data gathered in January and February, Feroot Security revealed such pixels in 30 websites maint…

The Ohio Star

Star News Network

Ohio

TikTok Tracking Code Has Infected Many State Government Websites: Report - The Ohio Star

Web-tracking codes made by ByteDance, the parent company of the popular social media application TikTok, have been found on more than two dozen US state government websites, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday

TikTok Trackers Found in State-Government Websites

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