TikTok Layoffs: Social Media Firm Cut Jobs In THESE Departments, Says Report
1 month, 1 week ago

TikTok Layoffs: Social Media Firm Cut Jobs In THESE Departments, Says Report

ABP News  

TikTok is reportedly laying off employees in its trust and safety unit, which handles content moderation, as part of a global restructuring effort. Sources familiar with the matter told Reuters that Adam Presser, the operations head of TikTok who oversees the trust and safety unit, sent a memo to staff on Thursday informing them of the layoffs. The popular short video app, which is used by nearly half of all Americans, was temporarily unavailable last month, just before a law took effect on January 19 requiring its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to either sell the app due to national security concerns or face a potential ban. In January of last year, TikTok CEO Shou Chew appeared before Congress alongside Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and other tech and media leaders. Layoffs At TikTok This is not the first time that the social media firm is laying off employees, in October of last year, TikTok laid off hundreds of employees from its global workforce, including a significant number in Malaysia, as part of its shift towards increasing the use of AI in content moderation.

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TikTok Is Unavailable in the US—and Gone From the App Stores
55 years, 2 months ago

TikTok Is Unavailable in the US—and Gone From the App Stores

Wired  

For the first time in internet history, the United States government has officially banned a major global social media platform, joining the ranks of authoritarian regimes like Russia and China. “Please stay tuned!” It’s the final outcome of legislation Congress passed last year that requires TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to either sell the app’s American operations or face a …

Canada orders TikTok to stop operations in the country over 'risky relation' with parent co ByteDance
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Canada orders TikTok to stop operations in the country over 'risky relation' with parent co ByteDance

Firstpost  

TikTok isn’t going down without a fight, though. The company has announced plans to challenge Canada’s order, arguing that closing its Canadian offices would harm the local economy and eliminate numerous well-paying jobs While TikTok is now required to wrap up all business activities in Canada, the move stops short of imposing a total ban on the app itself. Image …

TikTok Employees Shrug Off the US Election
4 months, 3 weeks ago

TikTok Employees Shrug Off the US Election

Wired  

TikTok is one of the tech companies that could be most impacted by the outcome of the US elections. “There’s little you can do as an ordinary employee, and everyone thinks that way, so the result is business as usual.” WIRED talked to half a dozen employees at TikTok and its parent company ByteDance on the condition of anonymity, and …

TikTok said to plan job cuts amid a wave of tech industry layoffs
10 months ago

TikTok said to plan job cuts amid a wave of tech industry layoffs

LA Times  

TikTok is under threat of being banned in the U.S. under a new law. TikTok is expected to make cuts to its global staff, in another blow for the popular social video app as it faces the threat of a new law that would ban its service in the U.S. if its Chinese owner doesn’t divest. ByteDance and TikTok have …

Chinese app TikTok cuts 60 jobs, but affected employees have a reason to cheer
1 year, 2 months ago

Chinese app TikTok cuts 60 jobs, but affected employees have a reason to cheer

Hindustan Times  

Chinese short video app TikTok is laying off 60 employees, joining several tech firms that have resorted to job cuts in the new year. According to job cuts tracker layoffs.fyi, more than 10,000 employees across several tech companies have lost their jobs in the layoffs in the beginning of 2024. Online marketplace EBay said it will trim 1,000 jobs or …

TikTok is laying off dozens of workers as the tech industry continues to shed jobs in the new year
1 year, 2 months ago

TikTok is laying off dozens of workers as the tech industry continues to shed jobs in the new year

Associated Press  

TikTok is laying off dozens of workers in its advertising and sales unit, becoming the latest tech company to trim jobs in the new year. The social media platform is known for short-form video content popular among Gen Z and younger users. The layoffs follow other job cuts at major tech companies this year, including at social media platforms like …

The Stark Realities of Posting Your Layoff on TikTok
1 year, 2 months ago

The Stark Realities of Posting Your Layoff on TikTok

Wired  

The tech layoffs keep coming. Cloudflare’s CEO said on X this week that while the company didn’t err in its firing decisions, “the mistake was not being more kind and humane as we did.” The company did not respond to a question from WIRED about how the video had affected company and employee trust at Cloudflare or if it would …

TikTok to hire nearly 3,000 engineers across globe as competitors shed jobs
2 years, 4 months ago

TikTok to hire nearly 3,000 engineers across globe as competitors shed jobs

Business Standard  

Bytedance had filed a suit in August challenging the executive order of Donald Trump that gave TikTok’s parent company 90 days to either sell or spin off its business in the US Chinese short-form video platform TikTok said that it would add about 3,000 engineers in locations across the world, including the US. According to The Wall Street Journal, as …

Twitter, Meta, Amazon and more... Why are tech titans laying off employees?
2 years, 4 months ago

Twitter, Meta, Amazon and more... Why are tech titans laying off employees?

Firstpost  

Big names in the tech industry are letting go of employees in large numbers. As Menlo Ventures partner Matt Murphy explained to Business Insider, “It always happens in cycles like this that sometimes companies don’t do layoffs significantly enough, but rather slow down on hiring and hope that normal churn might rightsize them.” “Coming out of Q3, which was much …

TikToker shares 'warning signs' that you're about to get fired
2 years, 7 months ago

TikToker shares 'warning signs' that you're about to get fired

Daily Mail  

A woman has revealed several secret ways she predicted her company would conduct layoffs months in advance - including hiring freezes, odd behavior and budget cuts, and shared them in a viral TikTok video Eve, known as @adminandeve on TikTok, from New York, knew she was getting laid off several months before her company announced it and she shared the …

TikTok Starts Layoffs in Company-Wide Restructuring
55 years, 2 months ago

TikTok Starts Layoffs in Company-Wide Restructuring

Wired  

TikTok has begun a global restructuring of its business that includes layoffs, according to five people with knowledge of the process. Despite tensions with the Trump administration over fears it could be a tool of China’s government, TikTok crossed 1 billion monthly active users in September and now has thousands of employees worldwide. The restructuring announced internally today includes layoffs …

TikTok employees resign after a senior executive said he doesn't believe in maternity leave
2 years, 9 months ago

TikTok employees resign after a senior executive said he doesn't believe in maternity leave

India Today  

TikTok’s London office witnessed an onslaught of resignations over difficult work conditions. The senior executive reportedly said that he didn’t think firms should offer maternity leave to their employees. As per Financial Times, Joshua Ma, who heads e-commerce at TikTok Europe for ByteDance told London-based staffers this year that, as a “capitalist,” he “didn’t believe” companies should offer their employees …

TikTok employee joins fight against Trump ban on social network
4 years, 7 months ago

TikTok employee joins fight against Trump ban on social network

Live Mint  

A TikTok employee joined the fight against the Trump administration’s efforts to ban the Chinese-owned social media network in the U.S., saying the government action would unconstitutionally deprive him of a job. Patrick Ryan, a technical program manager who joined TikTok in March after nearly a decade at Google, filed his lawsuit Monday in federal court in San Francisco, hours …

TikTok’s US chief says video site will stay despite Trump ban
4 years, 7 months ago

TikTok’s US chief says video site will stay despite Trump ban

Live Mint  

TikTok will continue to operate its hit music video app in the U.S., whatever comes of the threatened Trump administration ban on its business, senior executive Vanessa Pappas said. “We believe we have multiple paths forward to ensure that we continue to provide this amazing app experience to the millions of Americans who come to rely on it every day,' …

TikTok and its employees prepare to fight Trump over app ban
4 years, 7 months ago

TikTok and its employees prepare to fight Trump over app ban

The Hindu  

TikTok and its U.S. employees are planning to take President Donald Trump’s administration to court over his sweeping order to ban the popular video app, according to a lawyer preparing one of the lawsuits. Mr. Trump last week ordered sweeping but vague bans on dealings with the Chinese owners of TikTok and messaging app WeChat, saying they are a threat …

TikTok and its employees prepare to fight Trump over app ban
4 years, 7 months ago

TikTok and its employees prepare to fight Trump over app ban

Live Mint  

TikTok and its US employees are planning to take President Donald Trump's administration to court over his sweeping order to ban the popular video app, according to a lawyer preparing one of the lawsuits. The employees' legal challenge to Trump's executive order will be separate from a pending lawsuit from the company that owns the app, though both will argue …

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