TikTok Mother or father ByteDance Has Tripled Its US Workers in Previous 12 months

ByteDance, mother or father firm of the quick video app TikTok, has greater than tripled its US staff up to now 12 months, the corporate stated in response to a Reuters inquiry.

ByteDance stated it now has over 1,000 staff throughout the nation from Mountain View, California to New York, up from round 300 this time final 12 months.

Foremost will increase got here from engineers dealing with analysis and growth, information safety, creator groups, and gross sales groups, ByteDance advised Reuters.

TikTok’s Chinese language possession and huge reputation amongst American teenagers have introduced scrutiny from US regulators and lawmakers. Regulators questioned the protection of the private information the app handles and if its Chinese language possession poses a nationwide safety danger, Reuters first reported final 12 months.

TikTok has been hiring extra US engineers to scale back its reliance on workers in China, and has arrange a group in Mountain View, California to supervise information administration, sources aware of the matter have stated.

Most just lately the China tech big has been shifting its middle of energy away from China, hiring senior executives and increasing its presence in the US, Reuters reported final month.

ByteDance recently hired Walt Disney Co’s Kevin Mayer as its COO, and CEO of TikTok. It additionally employed veteran information safety govt Roland Cloutier. The corporate will rent a further 100 safety, information, and privateness safety folks by the top of this 12 months, Cloutier stated in a weblog submit this week.

ByteDance stated it had roughly 60,000 staff worldwide as of January, largely primarily based in China. The corporate bought out social media app Musical.ly in 2017, when it employed round 20 folks within the US at the moment, sources stated earlier. Musical.ly laid the foundations for TikTok’s speedy development.

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