TikTok - Page 11

Chinese Company Behind TikTok to Make Computer Chips

ByteDance, the Chinese corporation that owns the video microblogging platform TikTok, announced this week that it will begin designing and producing its own computer chips with an eye toward chipsets that will maximize the performance of the company’s video software.

Tik Tok

Wired: Facebook’s Algorithms Heap Negative Content on New Mothers

In a recent article, leftist tech outlet Wired describes how the Facebook’s Instagram algorithm repeatedly showed one young mother videos and images of ill, dying, or dead children. The constant drumbeat of negative content on social media platforms is particularly harmful to young women and teen girls, with China’s TikTok only expanding the negativity.

Mark Zuckerberg Smiles during testimony (Pool/Getty)

China’s TikTok Floods America with Ads for Predatory Payday Loan Companies

Advertisers on Chinese-owned TikTok are reportedly using underhanded tactics to promote payday loans that experts say could violate deceptive advertising laws. One expert commented on the ads flooding the platform massively popular with teenagers, saying, “At best, these videos are designed to make you give up information that you shouldn’t that will result in more solicitations. At worst, this is a complete scam designed either to take your money or information for fraudulent purposes.”

Xi Jinping smiles

‘996 Culture:’ Former TikTok Employees Describe ‘Crushing’ China-Style Work Culture

Former TikTok employees are criticizing the Chinese-owned company stating that they experienced an intense culture of overwork, unrealistic productivity expectations, and secrecy surrounding salaries. Among the former workers’ complaints is the company’s enforcement of “996 culture,” a management style common in China in which employees are expected to work from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. six days a week.

TikTok app fined in US for illegally gathering children's data (© GETTY/AFP/File Joe