.TikTok owner ByteDance promoted pro-China content on news aggregator app
The company allegedly used its English-language news app TopBuzz to promote pro-China messaging to Americans, according to Buzzfeed News. These details arise as the app receives attention from lawmakers over its connections to China and the Chinese Communist Party.
Fifteen former employees noted that the company previously had to censor content critical of the Chinese government while operating in China. This included removing coverage of the Hong Kong protests, overtly LGBTQ content, and posts referencing Chinese President Xi Jinping and Winnie the Pooh. "The claim that TopBuzz — which was discontinued years ago — pinned pro-Chinese government content to the top of the app or worked to promote it is false and ridiculous," a ByteDance spokesperson told Buzzfeed."TopBuzz had over two dozen top-tier U.S. and U.K. media publishing partners, including BuzzFeed, which clearly did not find anything of concern when performing due diligence.
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