US DoJ probes ByteDance’s use of TikTok to track journalists
美司法部对字节跳动展开调查，字节被指利用TikTok追查记者行踪
Chinese owner of popular app has come under increasing pressure over its use of data
据悉美国司法部正在调查字节跳动借助TikTok对美国记者进行监视之事，该公司此前承认其数名员工存在不当获取用户数据的行为。
The US Department of Justice is probing ByteDance’s surveillance of American journalists via TikTok, according to a person familiar with the matter, as authorities scrutinise the popular social media platform’s Chinese owner after it admitted to improperly obtaining user data.
据一名知情人士透露，美国司法部(DoJ)正在调查字节跳动(ByteDance)借助TikTok对美国记者进行监视之事。自从承认其内部存在不当获取用户数据的行为后，身为热门社交媒体平台TikTok中国母公司的字节跳动就招致了美国当局的审查。
ByteDance in December revealed user data from the short-form video app was obtained to study journalists’ locations as part of an internal investigation into information being shared with the media.
字节跳动在去年12月披露，在一项为了追查是否有人向媒体爆料而开展的内部调查中，来自该短视频应用的用户数据被调取，用于分析记者的地理位置。
The DoJ and the US attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Virginia have requested information from ByteDance on how staff used TikTok to find details on American journalists’ locations and other private data, according to Forbes, which first reported the investigations.
据《福布斯》报道，美国司法部和弗吉尼亚州东区检察官办公室(attorney’s office)已要求字节跳动提交材料，以说明其员工是如何利用TikTok掌握了美国记者的详细位置信息以及其他个人数据。《福布斯》最先报道了字节跳动遭到调查之事。
