KUALA LUMPUR (August 12): Three hundred current employees at TikTok and its parent company ByteDance previously worked for Chinese state media publications, according to Forbes . Citing public employee LinkedIn profiles it reviewed, the magazine on Thursday (Aug 11) reported that twenty-three of these profiles appear to have been created by current ByteDance directors, who manage departments overseeing content partnerships, public affairs, corporate social responsibility and “ media cooperation.” It said fifteen indicated that current ByteDance employees are also concurrently employed by Chinese state media entities , including Xinhua News Agency, China Radio International and China Central / China Global...