Popular short-video Chinese app TikTok is cutting its workforce in India after hundreds of millions of its users dropped it to comply with a government ban on dozens of Chinese apps.
“Given the lack of feedback from the government about how to resolve this issue, it is with deep sadness that we have decided to reduce our workforce in India,” a TikTok statement said Wednesday.
The statement didn’t give details, but media reports say the company has more than 2,000 employees in India. It expressed the hope it will get a chance to relaunch TikTok in India to support hundreds of millions of users, artists, storytellers, educators and performers.
The Indian government announced a ban on 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, in June as its relations with China deteriorated.
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