Bytedance: Dismissed for flagging illegal activity, says former ByteDance executive
A former head of engineering at Bytedance in the United States has said the company discharged him after he voiced concern to management that it was taking user content from other platforms, mainly Instagram and Snapchat.The dispute comes at a time when ByteDance-owned app TikTok faces growing calls for a nationwide ban from some US lawmakers regarding concerns about potential Chinese government influence over it. Yintao "Roger" Yu said in a complaint filed on Friday in San Francisco state court that the Chinese tech…