A former ByteDance executive in the US sues the company for wrongful termination, saying ByteDance stole its rivals' content and gave the CCP “supreme access”
The former executive sued ByteDance, which owns TikTok, for wrongful termination and accused the company of lifting content …
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Discussion
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@paulg
Paul Graham
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“Among the most striking claims in Mr. Yu's lawsuit is that ByteDance's offices in Beijing had a special unit of Chinese Communist Party members sometimes referred to as the Committee, which monitored the company's apps...” https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@matt_schrader_
Matt Schrader
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These allegations aren't a huge surprise. (Or at least they shouldn't be.) The solution here is not to ban TikTok, but for CFIUS to force a sale, like they should have in 2020. https://twitter.com/...
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@matthewstoller
Matt Stoller
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“Mr. Yu, who spent part of his ByteDance tenure working in its China offices, said he also witnessed engineers for Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, tweak the algorithm to elevate content that expressed hatred for Japan.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@jacobhelberg
Jacob Helberg
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TikTok CEO lied under oath claiming the co wasn't controlled by the CCP: ByteDance “guided how the co advanced core Communist values” & possessed a “death switch” “The committee maintained supreme access to all the co data, even data stored in the US” https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@rabois
Keith Rabois
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Warned you. https://twitter.com/...
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@niubi
Bill Bishop
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“the lawsuit says the founder of ByteDance, Zhang Yiming, facilitated bribes to Lu Wei, a senior government official charged with internet regulation” https://twitter.com/...
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@mattnavarra
Matt Navarra
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Ex-ByteDance Exec Accuses TikTok Owner of ‘Lawlessness’ The former exec at ByteDance accuses the tech giant of stealing content from rival platforms Snapchat + Instagram, and called the company a “useful propaganda tool for the Chinese Communist Party https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@karissabe
Karissa Bell
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former ByteDance employee with some explosive allegations about the company's practices and dealings with CCP https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@sarthakgh
Sar Haribhakti
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“Among the most striking claims in Mr. Yu's lawsuit is that ByteDance's offices in Beijing had a special unit of Chinese Communist Party members...which monitored the company's apps...Committee maintained supreme access to all the company data, even data stored in the United... h…