TikTok is proposing to cut approximately 300 jobs at its Irish operation, where the company employs more than 2,000 people, as part of a global reorganization of its trust and safety functions that has coincided with layoffs in Singapore and Indonesia this month.

As reported by the Irish broadcaster RTÉ, citing a TikTok spokesperson, the Dublin cuts are part of a broader restructuring that will also create new roles in the city and involve redeploying existing staff. TikTok is currently in collective consultation with affected staff.

“We are exploring a reorganisation to strengthen our global operating model for Trust and Safety, including proposals to evolve the way we work to ensure teams remain scalable and agile, the creation of hundreds of new specialist roles here in Dublin and redeployment opportunities, and advancing platform safety through the latest technological innovations,” the spokesperson said.

The company said the restructuring is designed to shift internal resources away from legacy frontline tasks and toward higher-skilled, judgment-based, and specialized positions, including new Trust and Safety roles in Dublin.

The Irish cuts are one piece of a wider global reduction in TikTok’s workforce. Singapore and Indonesia both saw layoffs on July 1, according to The Business Times. In Singapore, TikTok used near-identical language about centralizing its workforce within key operating hubs and did not disclose the number of roles cut. In Indonesia, the company described the layoffs as a realignment of its R&D organization. Singapore’s Creative Media and Publishing Union said it would extend support to affected members through career transition guidance and job matching.

This is not the first time TikTok has reduced headcount in Dublin. In March 2025, the company notified Irish authorities of a similar 300-position cut targeting its trust and safety unit, following earlier restructurings of its monetization integrity team in July 2024 and its training and quality division in February 2024. The current reduction targets the same trust and safety unit.

IDA Ireland chief executive Michael Lohan said his organization will work with affected employees and companies. “We’ve been through this in Ireland through global restructuring on the technology side, particularly post Covid after the significant increase,” he said, adding that the transition in Ireland’s industrial base is increasingly being driven by AI and innovation.

Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers called further job losses “very concerning” and said the disruption reflects broader uncertainty in the labor market driven by AI. He said the government needs to be cautious about exposure to further spending commitments in framing Budget 2027.

The proposed cuts land as TikTok has been expanding its commercial footprint in Ireland. In May, TikTok Shop opened to all Irish businesses after operating on an invite-only basis since December 2024, with the company reporting 600% growth in its Irish creator affiliate program and more than €2 million paid out in commissions to date.

TikTok’s Irish operation has also challenged a €530 million fine from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission over EEA user data transfers to China, with the High Court upholding the regulator’s infringement findings in June while directing it to reconsider its associated data-transfer suspension order.

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