The logo of the much-controversial TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, against the backdrop of the national flag of the United States of America. (Image: Reuters)
TikTok’s erstwhile CEO Kevin Mayer had joined in what Bytedance founder Zhang Yiming has described as “our most challenging moment”, and quits TikTok at a crucial point in its international standing.
- News18.com
- Last Updated: August 27, 2020, 1:05 PM IST
The development comes days after TikTok sued the Donald Trump-led US government, over an executive order banning transactions in the United States with the popular short-form video-sharing app. Trump previously set a deadline of September 15 for resolving TikTok’s future in USA, within which time the service is expected to offer a resolution to privacy and security allegations with reference to its ties to China. A potential sale of its US business to an American company then surfaced, with Microsoft emerging as frontrunners to buy it out. However, TikTok has since alleged that it has taken “extraordinary measures” to address the security concerns highlighted by the US government, but has eventually left with “no choice” but to sue the US government for its actions.
According to a Reuters report, TikTok confirmed the departure and said that the political dynamics of the last few months had “significantly changed” the scope of Mayer’s role. ByteDance founder and CEO, Zhang Yiming, said in a separate letter that the company was “moving quickly to find resolutions to the issues that we face globally, particularly in the U.S. and India.”
He said Mayer had joined the firm just as it was “entering arguably our most challenging moment.” He further added, “It is never easy to come into a leadership position in a company moving as quickly as we are, and the circumstances following his arrival made it all the more complex.”
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