+0.56 ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists’ physical location (www.forbes.com)
758 points by alphabetting 1165 days ago | 466 comments on HN | Moderate positive ~lite vlite-1.4
Summary ~lite Surveillance Privacy Advocates
Exposes TikTok's use to monitor journalists' physical location
EQ 0.70
SO 0.60
TD 0.80
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 2 evals
+1 0 −1 HN
Audit Trail 4 entries
2026-03-01 03:44 eval_success Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.56) - -
2026-03-01 03:44 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.56 (Moderate positive)
reasoning
Investigative journalism exposing surveillance abuses
2026-03-01 03:39 eval_success Lite evaluated: Strong positive (0.60) - -
2026-03-01 03:39 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.60 (Strong positive)
reasoning
Investigative journalism exposes abuse