TikTok responds to rumors that it will fire its general counsel in the United States: 100% false news

According to news from this site on April 22, according to a Bloomberg report early this morning, TikTok spokesperson Alex Haurek was asked whether the company would terminate its U.S. General Counsel Erich Andersen said at the time: "This is 100% false news."

Earlier The Information reported that Erich Local Time sent an email to its legal team and senior company leaders on Sunday confirming its plans to resign as general counsel. He claimed in the email that this was a decision he made himself. He had begun considering leaving a few months ago, but would stay until the company found a suitable successor.

Since 2020, Erich has joined TikTok. Previously, he served as vice president and chief intellectual property counsel at Microsoft. For many years, Erich has taken the lead in communicating with the U.S. government to respond to TikTok’s concerns and accusations about “national security,” but the results were considered “unsatisfactory.”

This site attaches a briefing note: The U.S. House of Representatives passed a new bill by a vote of 360 to 58. The bill requires ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, to sell its stake in TikTok within 270 days. The previous version only gave ByteDance 6 months. This week, the bill will go to the Senate for passage.

If Biden ultimately signs the bill into law, TikTok may follow its lead against a similar bill in Montana and file a free-speech lawsuit over the bill.

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