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Last Update: February 10, 2023, 11:56 IST
The total workforce in the Indian office was 40. (Credits: Reuters)
ByteDance-owned TikTok has let go of its entire workforce in India, after being banned three years ago due to national security concerns.
three years ago, India Tiktok banned due to national security reasons. Since then, TikTok has maintained an office but has now laid off all employees in India.
TikTok’s Indian employees were reportedly in charge of markets such as Dubai and South America. After ByteDance failed to reach an agreement with the Indian government, it decided to shut down the entire Indian team after three years.
A TikTok spokesperson said in a statement, “We have taken the decision to close our India Remote Sales Support Hub, which was set up in late 2020 to provide support to our global and regional sales teams. We greatly appreciate these employees and their impact on our company, and will ensure they are supported during this difficult time.”
According to a report in The Economic Times, the total number of employees in the India office was 40, and they will be paid severance pay of nine months.
A source close has told The Economic Times that “TikTok India employees were told that February 28 would be their last day and were given feelers to look for other opportunities for the time being as it was told that India operations are not being restarted due to the government’s stand on Chinese apps.”
In the past, TikTok was a major market for the company and its user base was second only to China. However, the app was banned due to national security concerns over the alleged storage and sharing of personal user data with China.
Last December, the House administration arm banned TikTok from all devices managed by the US House of Representatives. The app may meet the same fate in the US as it did in India three years ago.
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