Enlarge / Guests go to the sales space of Douyin (TikTok) on the 2019 sensible expo in Hangzhou, China, Oct. 18, 2019. (credit score: Costfoto | Barcroft Media | Getty Photos)
Kevin Mayer, the chief government of TikTok, has accused Fb of attempting to destroy the Chinese language app’s US enterprise by smearing it with “maligning assaults.”
In his first public feedback since becoming a member of TikTok from Disney, Mr. Mayer issued an 800-word protection of the viral video app, which is underneath strain from US regulators and will even be banned by the White Home.
With out TikTok, he stated, American advertisers “would once more be left with few decisions”. He described Instagram Reels, a brand new video service from Fb that can launch within the US in early August, as a “copycat product” and famous {that a} comparable service from Fb known as Lasso had “failed rapidly”.
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