Mr Eric Han, who has led TikTok’s US trust and safety operations for years, will depart this month, Read more at straitstimes.com.
LOS ANGELES – One of TikTok’s senior-most officials in charge of ensuring user safety is leaving the company amid increasing pressure for the US government to ban the popular video-sharing app.
Mr Han had been promoted to lead trust and safety at the company’s newly walled-off US data operations in December. TikTok is facing a national security review in connection with its ownership by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, and multiple bills in Congress that could limit access to the app. Former employees who worked closely with Mr Han say he was frustrated when he was not offered the role of leading the combined team, and instead given a promotion he did not want: Head of trust and safety for the new US Data Security team.While Mr Han’s role was prestigious on paper, he eventually compared it to being given a “poison chalice” – a job that sounds good at first, but that would leave him susceptible to being a scapegoat.
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