(HONG KONG) – TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer joined Thursday under pressure from the US to its Chinese owner popular video app to sell, he says the White House is a security risk. “The political environment has changed.” In a letter to employees, Mayer said that his decision to leave comes after his resignation following President Donald Trump to ban TikTok unless its parent company, its US ByteDance sold operations for an American company within 90 days. “I made significant reflection, requiring structural changes in society and what it means for the global role that I signed up for,” he said in the letter. “In this context and as we expect very soon to reach a solution, it is with a heavy heart that I wanted to let you know that I have decided to leave the company.” Bytedance is currently in talks with Microsoft for the US company TikTok to buy the US operations. Mayer, a former Disney executive has made a step TikTok as CEO in May. TikTok thanked Mayer. “We estimate that the political momentum of recent months has changed significantly, as the extension of the role Kevin would go on, and fully respect his decision,” the company said in a statement. ByteDance TikTok launched in 2017, then bought Musical.ly, a popular video service among young people in the United States and Europe, and both combined. A double service, douyin is for Chinese users. facilitate TikTok been a huge success on its fun, goofy videos and operation and has hundreds of millions of users around the world. But its Chinese property has increased concerns about possible censorship of video, and the criticism of the Chinese government, and the risk of Beijing has access to user data. Earlier this month a wide Trump, but the ban does not specify how to deal with the Chinese owners of consumer TikTok and WeChat applications than in the US heightens ordered the checking of Chinese technology companies, citing concerns that they pose a threat to national security. can represent image Copyright AP Photo, file / Damian Dovarganes
TikTok CEO enters the application video to back sales Under US pressure
