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- A + A KUALA LUMPUR (August 12): Three hundred current employees at TikTok and its parent company ByteDance previously worked for Chinese state media publications, according to Forbes. Citing public employee LinkedIn profiles it reviewed, the magazine on Thursday (Aug 11) reported that twenty-three of these profiles appear to have been created by current ByteDance directors, who manage departments overseeing content partnerships, public affairs, corporate social responsibility and “media cooperation.” It said fifteen indicated that current ByteDance employees are also concurrently employed by Chinese state media entities, including Xinhua News Agency, China Radio International and China Central / China...
