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The CEO of TikTok, Kevin Mayer , has resigned from his position just a few months after having arrived at the company from Disney, in the midst of the offensive by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to prohibit the activities of the Chinese company in the United States. United States , for which it has signed two executive orders that prohibit this application and the WeChat messaging application from making transactions in the United States , as of September 15. Mayer has announced his resignation from the company in an internal letter to employees of the popular instant video app and those of its parent company, ByteDance .
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The person responsible for the launch of Disney Plus leaves TikTok in just a few months Kevin Mayer, CEO of TikTok Mayer came to TikTok in May to become the CEO of the application and the director of organization of ByteDance , after having been part of Disney, where he led the streaming area and was one of those responsible for the launch of the Disney Plus platform. , which is already close to 60 million users in less than a year. The executive has assured in his letter that his decision has "nothing to do with the company", with the "future" of the application or with his confidence in the service, as well as thanking the CEO of ByteDance, the Chinese Zhang Yiming , his "understanding in the decision" and his "support.