Looks like title has been edited, the original title is: "TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Made Fake Accounts With Content Scraped From Instagram And Snapchat, Former Employees Say" (probably too long for HN)
It's important to note that ByteDance is the parent company but this scraped content was being posted on the TikTok app.
There are soooo many accounts on IG and FB that just repost TikTok content. FB doesn't even need to do this themselves because they pay/help monetize based on views/engagement regardless of if it's your content or not...
It's important to note that ByteDance is the parent company but this scraped content was being posted on the TikTok app.