TikTok To Commit To Major Layoffs Amid Growing Challenges
TikTok plans to lay off around 1,000 employees globally, primarily targeting operations and marketing teams, amid broader reorganization and legal battles with the U.S. government.
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TikTok plans to lay off around 1,000 employees globally, primarily targeting operations and marketing teams, amid broader reorganization and legal battles with the U.S. government.
Reporters from "China Business Journal" learned that on May 7th local time, TikTok and ByteDance filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court, seeking a ruling that the "Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act," which aims to ban TikTok, is unconstitutional, and to prevent the enforcement of the law. In the lawsuit, TikTok stated, "This is the first time in Congress's history that a law has been enacted to impose a permanent, nationwide ban on a specific speech platform."
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