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TikTok CEO resigns amid US pressure to sell video app

by AP Technology Writer
| August 26, 2020 10:27 PM

HONG KONG (AP) — TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigned Thursday amid U.S. pressure for its Chinese owner to sell the popular video app, which the White House says is a security risk.

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