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ByteDance Allegedly Trained "For You" Algorithm Using Content Scraped without Consent from Other Social Platforms
2017-01-15
ByteDance allegedly scraped short-form videos, usernames, profile pictures, and descriptions of accounts on Instagram, Snapchat, and other sources, and uploaded them without consent on Flipagram, TikTok’s predecessor, in order to improve its “For You” algorithm's performance on American users.
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