TikTok confirms layoffs in Singapore and three other cities in one day

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    "url": "https://startupfortune.com/tiktok-confirms-layoffs-in-singapore-and-three-other-cities-in-one-day/",
    "title": "TikTok confirms layoffs in Singapore and three other cities in one day - Startup Fortune",
    "excerpt": "TikTok cut jobs in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Dublin within the same 24 hours, and the company says it is because artificial intelligence can now do most of the moderation work humans used to do. On July 1, employees in TikTok's Singapore office woke up to an email telling them their roles were gone. One affected staffer told Mothership that around 20 people on their team alone were let go, and described the office that morning as hectic. TikTok did not disclose a total headcount figure for the city, but confirmed the cuts fell inside its Trust and Safety division, the arm responsible for content moderation across the platform. The timing was not a coincidence. TikTok also confirmed layoffs in Indonesia that same day, framing them as a realignment of its research and development organization tied to the platform's ongoing integration with Tokopedia, the e-commerce business it folded into its Indonesian operations after a 2023 deal. Former employees in Malaysia posted on social media describing their own retrenchments. And Bloomberg reported that TikTok is weighing roughly 300 job cuts at its European hub in Dublin, concentrated in AI data services and quality assurance work that the company plans to consolidate into other regional hubs. Here's the part that should give any TikTok employee pause. The company told TheJournal.ie it is simultaneously creating hundreds of...",
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