According to the internal emails seen by Bloomberg, a Chinese government entity responsible for public relations has tried to open an invisible account (Stealth Account) promoted to Western audiences on TIKTOK.
It is reported that this attempt was rejected by the Tiktok executives, highlighting the tension in the rapidly growing social media of bytes.TIKTOK has always tried to keep a distance from China's national influence.
In April 2020, Tiktok was responsible for Elizabeth Kanter, an executive of government relations in Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Israeli government relations, and received a letter from a colleague, mentioning a "Chinese government entity intends to join TIKTOK to join TIKTOK, But do not want to be publicly regarded as the main purpose of promoting government accounts that show the best content of China (some form of publicity). "Some people of the government relations team, including KANTER and Eric Andersen in the United States -company affairs global supervisor and general legal consultant, discussed the incident inside but rejected the "sensitive" request.Mails show that Tiktok uses this incident to inspire internal discussions on other sensitive requests.
"We refuse to support this request because we believe that creating such an account will violate our community standards." A Tiktok spokesman said that it also diluted the seriousness of the matter, saying that it was just an employeeThe informal request made by friends.
The spokesman said that TIKTOK has a regular opposition to "coordinated inauthentic behavior", that is, accounts cover up real identities to influence and control public opinion, as well as against political advertisements.
Tiktok really allows some Chinese government entities to open certified accounts, including the Chinese Embassy in the United States.The company's spokesman added that the company plans to expand the policy of labeled state -owned media in the "next few months" to including other government entities.
