The former executive goes as far as saying ByteDance is a ‘useful propaganda tool for the Chinese Communist Party.’
A former executive of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is accusing the company of wrongful termination in a lawsuit. Yintao Yu also says the company took content from rivals in order to bolster its presence in its early days, as well as giving « supreme access » to the Chinese Communist Party.TikTok has been at the center of heated debates in recent years concerning how parent company ByteDance handles its user’s information. Currently, the US Senate is looking at the Risk Information and Communication Technology (RESTRICT) Act. The bill, also known as Senate Bill 686, seeks indirectly to ban the app, along with some other controversial inclusions. Yu’s claims will more than likely only bolster the attempts to get rid of the extremely popular app in America.
Yu accuses ByteDance of a « culture of lawlessness » in a recent lawsuit filed in San Francisco Superior Court against the China-based company.
