By Shawn Lim

TikTok’s chief executive Kevin Mayer has announced he is quitting, as the platform faces the threat of being banned in the United States.

In a letter, Mayer told employees at TikTok, and its parent ByteDance, of his decision to leave on Thursday, according to the Financial Times. Mayer had left Disney to join TikTok in May.

Vanessa Pappas, the general manager of TikTok, will become the interim head.

“In recent weeks, as the political environment has sharply changed, I have done significant reflection on what the corporate structural changes will require, and what it means for the global role I signed Read full story ›

Source: The Drum