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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer quits amid US pressure on ByteDance to sell the short video service
- Mayer expects ‘a resolution very soon’ for TikTok’s situation in the US, which may fuel further speculation on owner ByteDance’s next move
- ByteDance has been reportedly involved in separate talks to divest TikTok’s US operation with Netflix, Microsoft and Oracle
TikTok's new office space at the C3 campus in Culver City, on the west side of Los Angeles, California. Photo: Agence France-Presse
TikTok chief executive Kevin Mayer resigned on Thursday after only three months on the job, amid the Trump administration’s pressure on ByteDance to divest the US operation of its popular short video service.
“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 up for,” said Mayer in an internal note to employees shared by a TikTok spokesman.