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TikTok Lays Off 250 Employees in Office That Includes Content Moderation

The New York Times · Emmett Lindner · last updated

TikTok’s U.S. joint venture said on Wednesday that it was shuttering its Nashville office, a space that housed, in part, members of its content moderation team.

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