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I helped build ByteDance's censorship machine
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6 min read · 2021-02-19 · I wasn't proud of it, and neither were my coworkers. But that's life in today's China.
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The Rise of TikTok and Understanding Its Parent Company, ByteDance
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20+ min read · From 2020 · In November of 2017, Bytedance acquired Musical.ly for $1 billion. In August of 2018, Bytedance officially rebranded Musical.ly and TikTok into one app. Shortly after, ByteDance raised $3 billion and…
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TechCrunch
ByteDance & TikTok have secretly built a Deepfakes maker
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7 min read · From 2020 · TikTok parent company ByteDance has teamed up with one of the most controversial apps to let you insert your face into videos starring someone else. TechCrunch has learned that ByteDance has developed…
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ByteDance Made Fake Accounts With Content Scraped From Instagram and Snapchat, Former Employees Say
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8 min read · Apr 4th · The China-based company scraped public accounts and then duplicated them on Flipagram, a predecessor to TikTok, according to four former employees and documents viewed by BuzzFeed News.
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TikTok insiders say social media company is tightly controlled by Chinese parent ByteDance
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9 min read · 2021-06-25 · Former TikTok employees say there is cause for concern when it comes to the popular social media app's Chinese parent company.
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China’s Economic Downturn Has ByteDance, Meituan, and Didi Operating in Survival Mode
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From 2019 · In China’s internet industry, Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent are leading the race, but up until 2018, ByteDance, Meituan-Dianping and Didi Chuxing were in hot pursuit. However, as China’s economic sluggishness persists in 2019, the survival of the latter three is in jeopardy. This article examines why, points out the strengths and weaknesses of the companies in their current states, and investigates the companies’ strategies.
Forbes
LinkedIn Profiles Indicate 300 Current TikTok And ByteDance Employees Used To Work For Chinese State Media—And Some…
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9 min read · Aug 11th · Three hundred current employees at TikTok and its parent company ByteDance previously worked for Chinese state media publications, according to public employee LinkedIn profiles reviewed by Forbes.
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The Verge
How China’s Bytedance became the world’s most valuable startup
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10 min read · From 2018 · TikTok is inescapable right now, and it’s not just teens paying attention — it’s rocked the business world as well. Bytedance, the owner of the wildly popular short-form video app, is now valued at...
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TechCrunch
ByteDance in talks with India’s Reliance for investment in TikTok
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2 min read · From 2020 · Chinese giant ByteDance is engaging with India’s Reliance Industries Limited, the parent firm of telecom giant Jio Platforms, for investment in TikTok’s India operations in a move to potentially save…
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