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At least 300 TikTok employees worked for Chinese state media: report

August 15, 2022
Source: reportdoor.com reportdoor.com
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A new report found some overlap between hundreds of employees at TikTok’s parent company ByteDance and Chinese state media outlets. Forbes surveyed hundreds of LinkedIn profiles for the tech firm’s employees, finding at least 300 workers had previously held positions in Chinese state media – and 15 of them currently work for both. “Fifteen indicate 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 Television,” the report said. The U.S. State department has labeled these organization as “foreign government functionaries.” TikTok has come under increased...
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