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TikTok’s Secret ‘Heating’ Button Can Make Anyone Go Viral

For years, TikTok has described its powerful For Your Page as a personalized feed ranked by an algorithm that predicts your interests based on your behavior in the app. But that’s not the full story, according to six current and former employees of TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, and internal documents and communications reviewed by Forbes. These sources reveal...

LinkedIn Profiles Indicate 300 Current TikTok And ByteDance Employees Used To Work For Chinese State Media—And Some Still Do

LinkedIn profiles for hundreds of ByteDance employees reveal close connections between the company and China’s propaganda industry. Three hundred current employees at TikTok and its parent company ByteDance previously worked for Chinese state media publications, according to public employee LinkedIn profiles reviewed by Forbes. Twenty-three of these profiles appear to have been...