CEO Kevin Mayer on Thursday resigned from Chinese video-sharing app TikTok.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/tiktok-removes-380000-videos-in-us-for-hate-content-322028">Also Read: TikTok removes 380,000 videos in US for hate content</a>

In a letter, Mayers said: "It is with a heavy heart that I wanted to let you all know that I have decided to leave the company."

Mayer had joined the company six months ago.&nbsp;

"In recent weeks, as the political environment has sharply changed, I have done significant reflection on what the corporate structural changes will require, and what it means for the global role I signed up for," Mayer said in the letter.

US General Manager Vanessa Pappas will replace him on an interim basis, according to reports.

ByteDance's founder and CEO Zhang Yiming in a seprate letter said: "It is never easy to come into a leadership position in a company moving as quickly as we are, and the circumstances following his arrival made it all the more complex."&nbsp;

Mayer's decision comes as US President Donald Trump sought to ban the Chinese app over national security concerns. The company had earlier sued the US government over Trump's executive order banning transactions in the United States.

CEO Kevin Mayer on Thursday resigned from Chinese video-sharing app TikTok. Also Read: TikTok removes 380,000 videos in US for hate content In a letter, Mayers said: "It is with a heavy heart that I wanted to let you all know that I have decided to leave the company.

CEO Kevin Mayer on Thursday resigned from Chinese video-sharing app TikTok. Also Read: TikTok removes 380,000 videos in US for hate content In a letter, Mayers said: "It is with a heavy heart that I wanted to let you all know that I have decided to leave the company." Mayer had joined the company six months ago. "In recent weeks, as the political environment has sharply changed, I have done significant reflection on what the corporate structural changes will require, and what it means for the global role I signed up for," Mayer said in the letter. US General Manager Vanessa Pappas will replace him on an interim basis, according to reports. ByteDance's founder and CEO Zhang Yiming in a seprate letter said: "It is never easy to come into a leadership position in a company moving as quickly as we are, and the circumstances following his arrival made it all the more complex." Mayer's decision comes as US President Donald Trump sought to ban the Chinese app over national security concerns. The company had earlier sued the US government over Trump's executive order banning transactions in the United States.

'I have decided to leave the company': TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigns amid US government crackdown

The world's fastest marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge and world decathlon record holder Kevin Mayer are among five nominees for the IAAF's male athlete of the year, the federation announced on Tuesday.

The Kenyan and Frenchman are joined on the shortlist by the quickest person over 60m indoors American Christian Coleman, European pole-vault champion Armand Duplantis from Sweden and Asian Games 400m hurdles champion in Qatar's Abderrahman Samba.

The contenders for the women's prize were announced a day earlier with Kenya's 3000m steeplechase world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech, 100m

European champion in Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith, Colombia's Diamond League long and triple jump title holder Caterine Ibarguen, the Bahamas' 200m Diamond League gold-medallist Shaunae Miller-Uibo and European heptathlon champion in Belgian Nafissatou Thiam all included.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Monaco on December 4 after voting from the IAAF's Council, IAAF members and the public.

The world's fastest marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge and world decathlon record holder Kevin Mayer are among five nominees for the IAAF's male athlete of the year, the federation announced on Tuesday.

The world's fastest marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge and world decathlon record holder Kevin Mayer are among five nominees for the IAAF's male athlete of the year, the federation announced on Tuesday. The Kenyan and Frenchman are joined on the shortlist by the quickest person over 60m indoors American Christian Coleman, European pole-vault champion Armand Duplantis from Sweden and Asian Games 400m hurdles champion in Qatar's Abderrahman Samba. The contenders for the women's prize were announced a day earlier with Kenya's 3000m steeplechase world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech, 100m European champion in Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith, Colombia's Diamond League long and triple jump title holder Caterine Ibarguen, the Bahamas' 200m Diamond League gold-medallist Shaunae Miller-Uibo and European heptathlon champion in Belgian Nafissatou Thiam all included. The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Monaco on December 4 after voting from the IAAF's Council, IAAF members and the public.

World record holders Kipchoge and Mayer nominated for athlete of the year

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'I have decided to leave the company': TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigns amid US government crackdown

World record holders Kipchoge and Mayer nominated for athlete of the year