Key people at ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, are moving their headquarters from China to the US one by one, and America is watching the process with increasing fear.
Executives of ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, are moving from China to the United States. According to the Americans, the disturbing operation clearly proves that the Chinese company wants to gain more influence in the United States The Wall Street Journal.
In recent years, TikTok has actually focused on convincing US lawmakers that the video-sharing app can operate in the US independently of its China-based parent company.
But recent personnel moves have led some employees to express growing skepticism. TikTok’s American employees have raised several questions within the organization regarding the movement of key people at the company who have just arrived from ByteDance.
Incidentally, the process began at the beginning of 2023. Executives from ByteDance reportedly took over oversight of TikTok’s advertising business, monetization, business marketing, human resources, and products related to the e-commerce initiatives. There are many of them who brought with them specialists from Beijing.