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Ex-ByteDance Engineer Claims Communist Interference in TikTok Owner

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Laura Mandaro
· · Source: The Information

An engineering manager who worked at TikTok parent ByteDance until 2018 has alleged the company has operated as a “useful propaganda tool” for the Chinese Communist Party, including by elevating or remove content “at the request of the CCP.” Yintao “Roger” Yu, who was the head of engineering at ByteDance’s U.S. offices from August 2017 to November 2018, also claims a “backdoor channel” in the...

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