Summary
TikTok is preparing to remove a key executive responsible for convincing the US government that the app was doing enough to stave off national security concerns. Erich Andersen, the US-based general counsel for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance, is to leave. Andersen remains with the company for now, according to one of the people. The Senate is expected to pass a divest-or-ban bill next week, mandating a sale of TikTok within a year. Andersen joined the social media company in 2020 from Microsoft Corp., where he was most recently corporate vice president and chief IP counsel.