TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer said Wednesday he has quit the company as tensions soar between Washington and Beijing over the Chinese-owned video platform.
Mr Mayer's resignation comes days after TikTok filed a lawsuit challenging a crackdown by the US government over claims the wildly popular social media app can be used to spy on Americans.
TikTok, which has been downloaded 175 million times in the US and more than a billion times around the world, argued in the suit that Mr Trump's order was a misuse of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act because the platform - on which users share often playful short-form videos - is not"an unusual and extraordinary threat."Lily has over 100,000 followers on Tik Tok.
"Against this backdrop, and as we expect to reach a resolution very soon, it is with a heavy heart that I wanted to let you all know that I have decided to leave the company," he wrote.
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