Tiktok Merges Its Core Product And Trust & Safety Teams

As TikTok’s future successful nan U.S. remains uncertain, nan institution is merging its Core Product and Trust & Safety teams into a azygous organization, according to an soul memo sent to unit by TikTok CEO Zi Shou Chew and viewed by TechCrunch and confirmed by TikTok.

“This caller squad will let america to amended leverage our method capabilities crossed some business and information objectives, and will thief america move faster arsenic we create nan adjacent procreation of information technology,” Chew wrote successful nan memo.

As portion of nan changes, nan memo said that TikTok’s caput of Operations and Trust & Safety, Adam Presser, will go nan General Manager of TikTok USDS, a abstracted entity of TikTok that’s tasked pinch safeguarding U.S. nationalist information interests, TikTok confirmed to TechCrunch.

Andy Bonillo, nan existent General Manager of TikTok USDS, who led nan organization’s creation and growth, will modulation to a caller domiciled arsenic Senior Advisor, reporting to Presser.

The TikTok Operations teams will proceed to study straight to Presser, while Sandeep Grover will go nan caller caput of Global Trust & Safety.

Meanwhile, Jenny Zi will go nan leader for TikTok LIVE.

The reorganization comes arsenic President Trump extended nan TikTok shutdown deadline for a 3rd clip past month. The current deadline is September 17.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said last week that TikTok will spell dark successful nan state if China doesn’t o.k. a woody for nan sale of nan app. Lutnick besides stated that nan U.S. must power nan app’s algorithm arsenic portion of nan sale.

Given nan tense situation, which comes successful nan mediate of a tariff warfare pinch China, it would not beryllium astonishing to spot TikTok trying to beef up its USDS squad arsenic its U.S. woody hangs successful nan balance.

“For accrued alignment crossed our robust spot and information programs, nan T&S Product squad will now go portion of nan TikTok Product organization,” Chew wrote. “We are creating a caller Platform Responsibility team, which will beryllium led by Adam Wang, reporting to Fiona Zhi. Adam has successfully led nan motorboat and description of TikTok LIVE globally complete nan past 4 years.”

“I americium assured that this reorganization will put america successful an moreover stronger position to lucifer nan opportunities up of us,” nan memo said.