TikTok lays off 250 employees in office that includes content moderation

TikTok’s U.S. joint venture said on Wednesday that it was shuttering its Nashville office, a space that housed, in part, members of its content moderation team.

The company laid off 250 employees, according to labor documents filed with the state of Tennessee. The workers there are not represented by a collective bargaining agreement, documents said. The office will close on Oct. 5.

Employees at the office, in the city’s Music Row neighborhood, received emails on Wednesday morning notifying them of the decision, according to a copy of the email reviewed by The New York Times.

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