Ex-TikTok executive says she was fired because she 'lacked the docility and meekness' required of women at the company

• An ex-TikTok managing director is suing the company and ByteDance for discrimination and retaliation.
• Katie Ellen Puris alleges was fired because she "lacked the docility and meekness" required of women employees.
• The lawsuit alleges Puris  wound up on the ByteDance chairman's employee "kill list."

An ex-managing director at TikTok has accused the company behind the popular social media app and its China-based owner of unlawfully firing her because the corporate big-wigs deemed she "lacked the docility and meekness" required of women working there.