ByteDance dismissed 353 staff for corrupt actions and referred 39 to regulation enforcement for legal prosecution in 2024, the corporate confirmed on March 7, in response to Chinese language media outlet Jiemian. The announcement, issued internally on March 6 in ByteDance’s Company Self-discipline and Skilled Ethics Committee report, highlights the corporate’s newest efforts to curb corruption. A previous report in November 2024 detailed 103 dismissals, together with 11 circumstances referred to regulation enforcement for legal investigation. The report in November additionally revealed an incident involving a former intern who, dissatisfied with useful resource allocation, maliciously attacked a mannequin coaching process, inflicting losses. ByteDance terminated the internship and reported the case to business integrity alliances and the intern’s college. Chinese language tech giants together with Tencent have intensified inner anti-corruption efforts, with Tencent reporting over 100 dismissals and 20 legal circumstances in 2024. [Jiemian, in Chinese]

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