Suspect Arrested After Threats Against Tiktok’s Culver City Headquarters

Police opportunity they person arrested a fishy allegedly connected to aggregate online threats that led TikTok to evacuate its office adjacent Los Angeles connected Friday.

A press release from nan Culver City Police Department says that TikTok labor reported receiving aggregate threats, crossed various societal media platforms, from 33-year-old Hawthorne resident Joseph Mayuyo. After an further connection threatened TikTok’s Culver City headquarters, constabulary opportunity institution information evacuated nan agency “out of an abundance of caution.”

Police past investigated Mayuyo’s home, according to nan property release. During nan investigation, he allegedly posted further threatening statements, including 1 declaring that he would not beryllium taken alive. Detectives obtained hunt and apprehension warrants, and they negotiated pinch Mayuyo for 90 minutes earlier he voluntarily exited his location and was taken into custody, nan constabulary section says.

Business Insider reports that 1 TikTok worker described nan threats arsenic “really scary,” while different was concerned that they seemed to specifically target nan e-commerce department. 

Mayuyo’s X relationship has reportedly been suspended for violating nan platform’s hateful contented policy. A Medium relationship nether his sanction published a station successful July criticizing TikTokShop USA arsenic a “scam.”

TechCrunch has reached retired to TikTok for comment. In nan property release, nan constabulary section praises TikTok’s information squad “for their speedy action, collaboration, and professionalism passim this case.”

This apprehension comes arsenic TikTok’s U.S. operations are being spun retired from Chinese proprietor ByteDance arsenic a caller associated task pinch a caller committee of directors. President Donald Trump, who has been talking and posting astir nan deal for galore months, precocious signed an executive order approving nan sale.