Kevin Mayer joins TikTok as CEO
American executive Kevin Mayer is leaving Disney to lead a different but interesting entertainment company TikTok. TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, announced on Monday that Mayer will become chief executive officer of the incredibly popular video app and also take on the role of the chief operating officer at ByteDance
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TikTok’s newly appointed CEO to leave the company
Kevin Mayer left Disney in June to join TikTok as CEO but in a letter to the employees, Mayer said that he is leaving the company due to recent changes in the political environment. “In recent weeks, as the political environment has sharply changed, it is with a heavy heart that I wanted to let you all know that I have decided to leave the company,” Mayer said
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White House advisor calls TikTok’s CEO an “American Puppet”
Donald Trump’s trade advisor Peter Navarro dubbed TikTok’s new CEO Kevin Mayer, an “American puppet” for working at the Chinese-owned social media app, in an interview with Fox Business. Navarro also used the interview to double down on accusations that Chinese apps are gathering data on Americans and handing that over to Beijing. He also said to expect “strong action” from President Donald Trump on TikTok and other Chinese apps
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TikTok’s transparency report shows company removed 49 million videos
According to TikTok’s latest transparency report published on Thursday, TikTok removed over 49 million videos for content violations in just six months as the company received 500 requests from different Governments. India, where the app was banned last week, had 16.5 million videos removed, which is roughly four times more than any other country. The U.S. had the second most videos removed with 4.6 million. Pakistan ranked third (3.7 million)
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Chingari crosses 10 million downloads in India, says ‘No’ to Chinese funding
India recently banned 59 Chinese apps including social networking app TikTok with more than 200 million users but the ban helped local start-ups to flourish. Chingari is a Tik-Tok alternative, the short-form video-sharing app crossed 10 million downloads on the Android Play Store in under a month. While talking about Chinese money, Co-Founder Sumit Ghosh said “ “No Chinese money, no Chinese companies’ money, Not now, not ever,”
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