TikTok chief Kevin Mayer quits in wake of Trump ban threat

Earlier this thirty day period, the US president signed an executive buy to block TikTok if ByteDance did not finish the app’s US functions by the center of September. A 7 days later, he issued a further buy supplying ByteDance ninety times to entire the offer.

In June, the enterprise was also on the obtaining finish of a ban from the Indian government after it blocked 59 Chinese applications pursuing a border clash among India and China.

Mayer wrote to the Indian government declaring Beijing had never asked for consumer info, nor would TikTok convert it around if requested.

ByteDance has been in talks to promote TikTok’s North American, Australian and New Zealand functions, which could be value $25bn (£18.9bn), to firms which include Microsoft Corp and Oracle, Reuters noted.

Mr Mayer only formally took up the purpose at TikTok on June one. 

TikTok reported: “We take pleasure in that the political dynamics of the past number of months have noticeably transformed what the scope of Kevin’s purpose would be heading ahead, and totally regard his choice. We thank him for his time at the enterprise and want him perfectly.”