TikTok pledges USD 250 mn for COVID-19 Relief
TikTok, the short video making app will contribute $250 million to coronavirus relief efforts around the world.
The Chinese-based firm said the funds would be for "front line medical workers, educators, and local communities deeply affected by the global crisis."
"We are committed to playing our part in that global outpouring of mutual support and giving," TikTok president Alex Zhu said in a statement."We want to magnify all we are seeing across our community and translate it into concrete relief for those most affected by this crisis."
TikTok said USD 150 million of the funds would be allocated for medical staffing, supplies, and hardship relief for health care workers through the US Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization, and agencies working to distribute suppli...