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Former ByteDance employees say the company scraped Instagram, Snap, and others to make fake accounts on TikTok predecessor Flipagram, later renamed Vigo Video (Emily Baker-White/BuzzFeed News)

Emily Baker-White / BuzzFeed News: Former ByteDance employees say the company scraped Instagram, Snap, and others to make fake accounts on TikTok predecessor Flipagram, later renamed Vigo Video  —  In 2017, TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, scraped short-form videos, user names, profile pictures, and profile descriptions from Instagram …
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