Friday, 24 March, 2023

Ex-Chinese govt official monitored the content on TikTok: Report

<p>A former Chinese govt official was in charge of making decisions on what content should be allowed on TikTok. This raises questions about company&rsquo;s previous claims that the Chinese govt had no influence over its operations. Cai Zheng, who worked at the Chinese Embassy in Tehran from 2013-18, ran the global content policy team at ByteDance until earlier this year. During Cai&rsquo;s stint, TikTok was accused of removing videos critical of the Chinese govt.</p>