ByteDance—ByteDance established internal Chinese Communist Party committee in 2014
ByteDance established an internal Chinese Communist Party (CCP) committee in 2014. Vice President Zhang Fuping serves as the company's CCP Committee Secretary. According to a report submitted to the Australian Parliament, Zhang stated that ByteDance should 'transmit the correct political direction, public opinion guidance and value orientation into every business and product line.' In 2018, founder Zhang Yiming publicly apologized after China shut down ByteDance's app Neihan Duanzi, stating the app was 'incommensurate with socialist core values.'
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authoritarian Compliance | +toward | primary | -1.00 |
| Content Moderation | -against | secondary | -0.50 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.161 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.57)× agency (compelled ×0.25)
Evidence (1 signal)
ByteDance established internal Chinese Communist Party committee in 2014
ByteDance established an internal Chinese Communist Party (CCP) committee in 2014. Vice President Zhang Fuping serves as the company's CCP Committee Secretary. According to a report submitted to the Australian Parliament, Zhang stated that ByteDance should 'transmit the correct political direction, public opinion guidance and value orientation into every business and product line.' In 2018, founder Zhang Yiming publicly apologized after China shut down ByteDance's app Neihan Duanzi, stating the app was 'incommensurate with socialist core values.'