2 Black TikTok workers claim discrimination: Both were fired after complaining to HR
- A complaint has been filed asking an agency to investigate alleged racial discrimination and retaliation against Black workers at a social media giant.
- The complaint highlights the unequal treatment of Black employees and claims that they face discrimination and retaliation within the company.
- The filing indicates that the alleged mistreatment of Black workers at the social media company has resulted in a need for an official investigation into the matter.
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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
The former employees said their experience “is emblematic of a systemic problem in Silicon Valley and more generally in large American companies.”
Fired TikTok Workers Allege Racist Insult by Bosses in Civil Rights Complaint
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.
Former employees accuse TikTok of racial discrimination, bias, retaliation
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.
TikTok Owner Accused by Fired Workers of Racism, Retaliation (1)
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.
TikTok was built off of Black creators. Black employees say they faced discrimination
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…
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