A former head of engineering at Bytedance in the US has said the company discharged him after he voiced concern to management that it was taking user content from other platforms, mainly Instagram and Snapchat. The dispute comes at a time when ByteDance-owned app TikTok faces growing calls for a nationwide ban from some US lawmakers regarding concerns about potential...
A former head of engineering at Bytedance in the US has said the company discharged him after he voiced concern to management that it was taking user content from other platforms, mainly Instagram and Snapchat.
Yintao "Roger" Yu said in a complaint filed on Friday in San Francisco state court that the Chinese tech company engaged in a "worldwide scheme to steal and profit from the content of others" without seeking permission. In response to the complaint, ByteDance said, "We plan to vigorously oppose what we believe are baseless claims and allegations. Yu worked for ByteDance Inc. for less than a year."
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