<p>Apple has reportedly threatened to sack a hardware engineer after it was found that she posted a video on Chinese short-form video app TikTok with basic iPhone security tips.</p>.<p>According to a report in <em>The Verge</em>, Apple employee Paris Campbell said she was told that she breached the company "policy by identifying herself as an Apple employee and posting about Apple-related topics".</p>.<p>According to the report, she breached the company's social media policy that warns employees against posting about customers, colleagues, or confidential information online.</p>.<p>"We want you to be yourself, but you should also be respectful in posts, tweets, and other online communications," according to the company's internal document.</p>.<p>Campbell has 439,000 followers on TikTok.</p>.<p>She responded to a TikTok user last week who had lost her iPhone, then received threatening text messages.</p>.<p>In a response video, Campbell, who most recently worked as a repair technician at Apple Retail, said that for the last six years, "I've been a certified hardware engineer for a certain company that likes to talk about fruit".</p>.<p>"Your phone is actually useless to them, and you're the only person that can save them, and I suggest that you don't," she posted in the response video last week.</p>.<p>The video went viral and garnered 5 million views in roughly 24 hours.</p>.<p>She later received a call from a manager, telling her to remove the video or she would face disciplinary action "up to and including termination".</p>.<p>Over the last weekend, Campbell posted another video titled "dear Apple", in which she revealed her identity as an Apple employee.</p>.<p>"I've never actually identified myself as an Apple employee until this video. Funny thing is, though, after reviewing the social media policies... nowhere does it say I can't identify myself as an Apple employee publicly, just that I shouldn't do so in a way that makes the company look bad," she posted.</p>.<p>Last year, Apple terminated two activists for allegedly sharing confidential information.</p>.<p>However, Campbell was quoted as saying that her videos don't contain any confidential information.</p>
<p>Apple has reportedly threatened to sack a hardware engineer after it was found that she posted a video on Chinese short-form video app TikTok with basic iPhone security tips.</p>.<p>According to a report in <em>The Verge</em>, Apple employee Paris Campbell said she was told that she breached the company "policy by identifying herself as an Apple employee and posting about Apple-related topics".</p>.<p>According to the report, she breached the company's social media policy that warns employees against posting about customers, colleagues, or confidential information online.</p>.<p>"We want you to be yourself, but you should also be respectful in posts, tweets, and other online communications," according to the company's internal document.</p>.<p>Campbell has 439,000 followers on TikTok.</p>.<p>She responded to a TikTok user last week who had lost her iPhone, then received threatening text messages.</p>.<p>In a response video, Campbell, who most recently worked as a repair technician at Apple Retail, said that for the last six years, "I've been a certified hardware engineer for a certain company that likes to talk about fruit".</p>.<p>"Your phone is actually useless to them, and you're the only person that can save them, and I suggest that you don't," she posted in the response video last week.</p>.<p>The video went viral and garnered 5 million views in roughly 24 hours.</p>.<p>She later received a call from a manager, telling her to remove the video or she would face disciplinary action "up to and including termination".</p>.<p>Over the last weekend, Campbell posted another video titled "dear Apple", in which she revealed her identity as an Apple employee.</p>.<p>"I've never actually identified myself as an Apple employee until this video. Funny thing is, though, after reviewing the social media policies... nowhere does it say I can't identify myself as an Apple employee publicly, just that I shouldn't do so in a way that makes the company look bad," she posted.</p>.<p>Last year, Apple terminated two activists for allegedly sharing confidential information.</p>.<p>However, Campbell was quoted as saying that her videos don't contain any confidential information.</p>