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In
an email to staff, Pappas said they would be taking on an
advisory role for the company during the transition.
"Given all the successes reached at TikTok, I finally feel the
time is right to move on and refocus on my entrepreneurial
passions," said Pappas, who uses the pronoun they.
ByteDance Chief Executive Shou Chew also announced Thursday in a
memo to employees shared with Reuters that Zenia Mucha,
previously a 20-year veteran at Walt Disney Co, will join TikTok
as chief brand and communications officer.
Adam Presser, TikTok's chief of staff, will become head of
operations and oversee content, user operations and
distribution, Chew said.
TikTok has faced scrutiny worldwide over security concerns due
to its Chinese ownership.
U.S. lawmakers last week introduced new legislation to protect
Americans' user data from being used by U.S. adversaries.
Last month, TikTok sued Montana after it became the first state
to ban the app state-wide.
(Reporting by Samrhitha Arunasalam in Bengaluru, Dawn
Chmielewski in Los Angeles and Sheila Dang in Dallas; Editing by
Devika Syamnath and Daniel Wallis)
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