Apple employee claims she has been threatened with firing over viral TikTok video PIXABAY: MARTIAS CRUZAn Apple employee claims that the tech company she\u2019s worked at for over six years is threatening to fire her over a viral TikTok video she made. The employee, Paris Campbell, says she was threatened with termination over a viral video she made on TikTok where she provides others with basic common sense, and publicly available tips on what to do if their iPhone is stolen. Paris has 446,000 followers on the social media platform, with over 17.7 million likes. Until last week, she did not publicly identify herself as an Apple employee, and would often share her work as a stand-up comedian, as well as her funny reaction videos. In a TikTok video posted over the weekend, she explains that she received a call from her manager telling her that she breached company policy by identifying herself as an Apple employee. Apple\u2019s social media policy advises employees against discussing Apple\u2019s customers, other employees, or any confidential information. However, it does not limit employees from publicly identifying themselves as Apple employees but only requires them to maintain Apple\u2019s image and reputation in their online presence. \u201cI\u2019ve never actually identified myself as an Apple employee until this video,\u201d she said in the video. \u201cFunny thing is, though, after reviewing the social media policies\u2026 nowhere does it say I can\u2019t identify myself as an Apple employee publicly, just that I shouldn\u2019t do so in a way that makes the company look bad.\u201d Paris found Apple\u2019s response to be \u201cdirectly in contrast to how we portray ourselves as a company in terms of telling people to think different, innovate, and come up with creative solutions.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t just have all this Apple knowledge because I work for Apple,\u201d she adds. \u201cI come to this knowledge because I have a long technical education and history. That\u2019s why they hired me.\u201d As of now, Paris\u2019s employment status remains unknown. Apple\u2019s employee\u2019s viral video that almost got her fired In a TikTok video shared last week, Paris responded to someone who had their phone stolen. The victim explained that the thieves who stole their phone threatened to sell their private information on the black market. After tracking their iPhone with the Find My tracking app, they found out that it was in China. The thieves tried to convince the victim to remove the stolen phone from their Apple ID account to bypass Activation Lock. In the viral clip, which has amassed a whopping 7.5 million views, Paris tells the victim: \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how exactly I know this information, but I can tell you for the last six years I\u2019ve been a certified hardware engineer for a certain company that likes to talk a lot about fruit.\u201d The TikToker then goes on to strongly advise against removing the iPhone from the Apple ID and goes on to explain Activation Lock. She also provides handy tips for the victim and reassures them that the thieves\u2019 don\u2019t actually have access to their private information. She concludes the video by advising the victim to ignore the messages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apple employee claims she has been threatened with firing over viral TikTok video PIXABAY: MARTIAS CRUZAn Apple employee claims that the tech company she\u2019s worked at for over six years is threatening to fire her over a viral TikTok video she made. The employee, Paris Campbell, says she was threatened with termination over a viral […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}