Two Black former workers of video-sharing platform TikTok have filed a federal class action complaint alleging they faced racial discrimination and ultimately were fired from the company when they took the matter to human resources.




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TikTok was built off of Black creators. Black employees say they faced discrimination

Two former Black TikTok employees have accused Chinese parent company ByteDance of terminating them because they complained of racial discrimination.

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Fired Black TikTok workers allege culture of discrimination in civil rights complaint

Nnete Matima said she was attracted to work at TikTok because of how the social media platform was "really built upon Black culture" and the work of Black creators.

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Black creators built TikTok. But Black employees say they experience 'toxicity and racism'

By Catherine Thorbecke and Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — Nnete Matima said she was attracted to work at TikTok because of how the social media platform was “really built upon Black culture” and the work of Black creators. She saw and welcomed TikTok’s public pledge of support for the Black community in the wake of the 2020 police murder of George Floyd and applied to work for the company because she felt its corporate values “really resonate…

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Two Black ex-employees allege in a new Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge that their managers retaliated against them after they complained about racism.

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Ex-workers allege TikTok’s owner retaliated after racism complaints

Two Black former workers of video-sharing platform TikTok have filed a federal class action complaint alleging they faced racial discrimination and ultimately were fired from the company when they took the matter to human resources.

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Former employees accuse TikTok of racial discrimination, bias, retaliation

TikTok’s parent company was accused of racism and retaliation by Black former employees in a complaint to US civil rights enforcers alleging ByteDance Ltd. terminated them because they spoke up against discrimination.

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Fired TikTok Workers Allege Racist Insult by Bosses in Civil Rights Complaint

Two Black employees bring charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, alleging they suffered discrimination and retaliation while working at the social media giant. 

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2 Black TikTok workers claim discrimination: Both were fired after complaining to HR

The former employees said their experience “is emblematic of a systemic problem in Silicon Valley and more generally in large American companies.”

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TikTok fired Black workers for speaking out about racism that included lower pay and being called a 'black snake', civil rights complaint alleges

New York (CNN) — Nnete Matima said she was attracted to work at TikTok because of how the social media platform was “really built upon Black culture” and the work of Black creators. She saw and welcomed TikTok’s public pledge of support for the Black community in the wake of the 2020 police murder of George Floyd and applied to work for the company because she felt its corporate values “really resonated with me,” Matima told CNN. Shortly after s…

2 Black TikTok workers claim discrimination: Both were fired after complaining to HR

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