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300 TikTok, ByteDance Employees Worked for Chinese State Media – Some Still Do

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https://insiderpaper.com/300-tiktok-bytedance-employees-worked-for-chinese-state-media-some-still-do-report/ According to media reports, at least 300 TikTok and its parent company ByteDance employees worked for Chinese state media publications, and more than a dozen still do. According to Forbes, LinkedIn profiles of ByteDance and TikTok employees showed them in current roles such as content partnerships, strategy, policy, public affairs, monetisation, and’media cooperation.’ Profiles of 15 current ByteDance employees revealed that they worked at both the tech firm and state media outlets. “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,”…

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