Overview
- The company posted LinkedIn listings in Gurugram for Trust & Safety roles, including a Bengali-speaking content moderator expected to review sensitive material such as bullying, hate speech and self-harm content.
- Government sources say no order has lifted the 2020 prohibition on TikTok and call reports of renewed access false and misleading.
- A ByteDance spokesperson says the company has not restored access in India and continues to comply with the government's directive.
- The TikTok app remains unavailable on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store in India.
- Recent hiring follows reports that parts of TikTok’s India website were briefly reachable, a development that fueled speculation despite the ongoing national-security ban.