Ex-Chinese Government Official Was In Charge Of TikTok’s Content Moderation Policies, Report Says
▻https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/10/05/ex-chinese-government-official-was-in-charge-of-tiktoks-content-moderation-policies-report-says/#718ea22e47c4
A former Chinese government official was in charge of making decisions on what content should be allowed on TikTok, the Financial Times reported in a development that raises questions about the company’s previous claim that the Chinese government had no influence over its operations. Digital Media Company ByteDance Key Facts Cai Zheng, who worked at the Chinese Embassy in Tehran from 2013 to 2018, ran the global content policy team at TikTok’s Beijing-based parent ByteDance until earlier (...)
