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Trust and safety head at TikTok’s US operation exits as pressure mounts on firm

Eric Han has been one of the most prominent officials in TikTok’s effort to convince lawmakers that the app is safe for US users and shouldn’t be banned

TikTok is facing a national security review in connection with its ownership by Chinese tech giant ByteDance, and multiple bills in the US Congress could limit access to the app. Picture: Getty

One of TikTok’s most senior officials in charge of ensuring user safety is leaving the company amid increasing pressure for the US government to ban the popular video-sharing app.

Eric Han, who has led TikTok’s US trust and safety operations for years, will depart this month, a person briefed on the matter told Bloomberg. Han had been promoted to lead trust and safety at the company’s newly walled-off US data operations in December.

Han has ...