Executive fired from TikTok's Chinese owner says Beijing had access to app data in termination suit

A former executive at TikTok’s parent company ByteDance accuses the tech giant of serving as a “propaganda tool” for the Chinese government.

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. A former executive at TikToks parent company ByteDance has accused the tech giant of serving as a propaganda tool for the Chinese government. The allegations were made in an amended complaint filed Friday, May 12, 2023 at San Francisco Superior Court as part of a wrongful termination lawsuit.

In the complaint, Yu alleges the Chinese government monitored ByteDance's work from within its Beijing headquarters and provided guidance on advancing “core communist values.” In another attention-grabbing part of the lawsuit, Yu alleges he observed ByteDance promoting content that expressed hatred for Japan on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. At another time, he said the company demoted content that showed support for the protests in Hong Kong while promoting content that expressed criticism of the protests.

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