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Former ByteDance exec claims company used bots to inflate TikTok engagement
TikTok is still fighting to remain operational in the United States, but a new lawsuit could complicate things even further for the company. A former ByteDance executive has alleged TikTok’s owner used bots and stolen content to inflate the app’s engagement.
The lawsuit, filed by former head of engineering Yintao Yu and reported byThe New York Times, claims that ByteDance wrongly fired Yu after he pushed back on company practices like stealing other apps’ material. It also claims that ByteDance acted as a “useful propaganda tool for the Chinese Communist Party,” and that China-based employees could access US users’ data.
As The New York Times points out, Yu’s allegations “describe how ByteDance operated five years ago” and come after “several years of mediation.” Still, the claims are still likely to fuel even more scrutiny for TikTok, which is facing the prospect of a nationwide ban in the United States. Lawmakers and other officials have claimed that TikTok is a national security threat and that the app can’t be trusted to protect the data of US users.
Yu’s allegations could intensify those concerns. The lawsuit details “a special unit of Chinese Communist Party members” at ByteDance offices in Beijing who “guided how the company advanced core Communist values.” He also alleges that ByteDance employees manipulated Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, to suppress content about protests in Hong Kong and “elevate content that expressed hatred for Japan.”
Some of Yu’s claims also relate directly to TikTok. Notably, he claims that ByteDance engineers stole popular content from apps like Instagram and Snapchat and put the videos onto TikTok. He also alleges that the company used bot accounts to juice the app’s engagement metrics when it was just starting out and trying to gain a foothold in the US. (Yu left the company in November 2018, shortly after ByteDance rebranded Musical.ly as TikTok.)
Spokespeople for ByteDance and TikTok didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. But TikTok has repeatedly tried to downplay its ties to ByteDance and China, including in CEO Shou Zi Chew’s congressional testimony in March. The company has also dedicated more than a billion dollars into Project Texas, which aims to wall off TikTok’s US user data from the rest of ByteDance in an effort to allay the concerns of US regulators.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/former-bytedance-exec-claims-company-used-bots-to-inflate-tiktok-engagement-211351640.html?src=rss
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TechCrunch+ roundup: VC robotics survey, Visa Bulletin update, SaaS engagement metrics
Autonomous tractors, semi trucks and warehouse restocking bots have gone from concept to reality. Is robotics mainstream now?
TechCrunch+ roundup: VC robotics survey, Visa Bulletin update, SaaS engagement metrics by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
TechCrunch+ roundup: VC robotics survey, Visa Bulletin update, SaaS engagement metrics
Autonomous tractors, semi trucks and warehouse restocking bots have gone from concept to reality. Is robotics mainstream now?
TechCrunch+ roundup: VC robotics survey, Visa Bulletin update, SaaS engagement metrics by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
Tamar Braxton Opens Up About Her Newly Announced Engagement to Jeremy “JR” Robinson
Tamar Braxton is engaged!
The R&B belle/media maven shared the news this week in tandem with the launch of her new show ‘Queens Court’ on Peacock.
Interestingly, the ‘Love & War’ belter met her new fiancé Jeremy “JR” Robinson on the show – which aptly saw her looking for love alongside Nivea and Evelyn Lozada.
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Meet Nick Musto, CEO and Founder At Native: The All-In-One Student Engagement And Marketing Platform!
Nick Musto is the CEO and founder of native, a unique student engagement platform which connects students, student organisations and…
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