TikTok Executive Says She Was Fired for Lacking ‘Docility’ (1)

TikTok Inc.’s former head of global marketing said she was fired because ByteDance Ltd.Chairman Zhang Lidongand other executives determined she “lacked the docility and meekness” they believed was required of female employees.

The claim was part of a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Manhattan against the social media service and its parent company, ByteDance, on behalf of Katie Ellen Puris, who joined TikTok as managing director and US head of business marketing in December 2019.

Puris said she was “extraordinarily successful” at the company and was eventually promoted to lead the global business marketing ...