TikTok to increase Irish staff to 1,100 in rapid expansion

DUBLIN: TikTok will increase its number of employees in Ireland to 1,100 by early 2021 from just 20 in January, the Chinese-owned video app said on Wednesday, a pace of expansion Ireland’s foreign investment agency said was one of the fastest on record.

TikTok said its senior executive team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa is now based in Dublin, overseeing privacy and data protection for Europe. The 900 people currently employed in Ireland represent almost half of TikTok’s 2,000 European staff.