TikToking Apple employee fired for scientific outing, not movies

After a tumultuous August, TikToker and former Apple hardware engineer Paris Campbell have shared a video again.

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This time, she claims that she was wrongfully terminated for a COVID-related medical leave.

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Campbell first rose to fame in August after she released a video explaining why there's no way to get rid of the activation lock on a stolen iPhone.

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Later that month, she returned to TikTok and mentioned that her employer had contacted her and told her to remove her video.

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If she didn't, Campbell would be threatened with disciplinary action "as well as dismissal."

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Now, Tiktoker has released a third video, informing visitors that Apple had fired her in mid-December, but not because of her videos.

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Campbell was apparently placed in a prolonged clinical department as part of Apple's dedication to staff affected by COVID.

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"The reason they had been trying to fire me in the first area was not because of a TikTok video," she says

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