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TikTok Chief Operating Officer V. Pappas is stepping down after five years with the short-video company owned by China's ByteDance, according to an email seen by Reuters on Thursday.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…

TikTok’s chief operating officer blasted the House’s hearing on the platform Thursday, saying that it came from a place of xenophobia. “We’re committed to providing a safe, secure platform, that fosters an inclusive place for our amazing, diverse communities to call home. It’s a shame today’s conversation felt rooted in xenophobia,” Vanessa Pappas, TikTok’s COO, wrote on Twitter. “Thank you to our employees who work tirelessly to protect our platform & community.” TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified on…

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is set to testify before a congressional committee in in less than two months, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. On March 23, Chew will appear in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a congressional spokesperson told the outlet. The TikTok head will be the sole witness in the newly scheduled hearing, and has voluntarily agreed to the committee questioning, according to the WSJ.Once in front of the commerce committee, Chew is likely to be grilled by legislators about…

Chris Cox, Chief Product Officer for Meta, Neal Mohan, Chief Product Officer for YouTube, Vanessa Pappas, Chief Operating Officer for TikTok and Jay Sullivan, General Manager of Bluebird, Twitter, testify during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing to examine social media’s impact on homeland security, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.Photo: Alex Brandon (AP)Executives at four social media giants appeared yesterday before a Senate committee to receive what’s become…

The former head of short video giant TikTok's gaming unit, Jason Fung, is launching a blockchain gaming startup as one of two co-founders, as the buzz around blockchain games grows while sector heavyweights remain wary. The 34-year-old left TikTok last month after two years with the firm, and his exit comes as TikTok and its Chinese owner ByteDance have been aggressively expanding into the $300 billion global gaming market to take on rival Tencent Holdings, an effort that has yielded mixed results so far. It also reflects…