: TikTok’s top U.S. executive to leave

TikTok’s chief operating officer and top U.S. executive, V Pappas, is leaving the Chinese-owned video-sharing company after nearly five years, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. In a note to employees Thursday, Pappas, who uses plural pronouns, said they plan to “move on and refocus on my entrepreneurial passions.”

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