TikTok CEO Weekly Capital mocked Musk: we don't need to cut staff by half to operate efficiently.

Beijing, Nov. 16 (Xinhua)-- Douyin overseas version of TikTok CEO today hinted that Elon Musk (Elon Musk) and Twitter are on a dangerous path.

▲ Weekly Capital Weekly was asked today at the Bloomberg Innovation economy Forum whether TikTok would be able to operate effectively if it laid off half of its employees like Twitter under Mr Musk. In response to this question, Zhou stressed the importance of investing enough staff to handle content review and security.

"I hope this day will never come," Zhou said with a smile. "according to the way we are organized, we do not need to cut staff by half to achieve the level of efficiency we want to achieve."

When asked if he could run TikTok with half its current staff, he turned to the value of proper staffing. TikTok has tens of thousands of employees engaged in content reviews, he says. "for many technology companies, including us, one of the biggest teams is your trust and security team," Zhou said. "if you want this platform to be a very secure platform, it's an absolutely worthwhile investment."