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The Chief Executive Officer of TikTok to Provide Testimony Before the US Congress
Shou Chew is scheduled to affirm the safety and impartiality of his company on a global scale.
Over the past few years, numerous prominent legislators in the United States have raised apprehensions regarding the widespread use of the popular social media platform TikTok. Given that both TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, hail from China, these legislators are apprehensive about the potential security implications of the app’s prevalence on American smartphones.
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With the goal of alleviating these concerns, the CEO of TikTok, Shou Chew, is set to provide testimony before the US Congress today. Preceding his formal address, his prepared remarks have been made public, emphasizing his company’s security assurances.
“Allow me to assert this clearly,” read Chew’s statements. “ByteDance is not a representative of China or any other nation.”
The utilization of TikTok has been prohibited on the mobile devices of government officials across several US states, and some states are contemplating an extensive prohibition of the app for all their residents. In response, Chew has cautioned against this course of action.
“We are of the opinion that a prohibition that harms American small businesses, impacts the nation’s economy, mutes the voices of over 150 million Americans, and diminishes competition in an increasingly consolidated market is not the resolution to a resolvable issue,” Chew’s statements conveyed.
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Regrettably for Chew, he will face a challenging task, as numerous Senators and Congress members remain deeply doubtful about the platform. “While I acknowledge Mr. Chew’s readiness to respond to inquiries before Congress, the lack of transparency from TikTok, frequent evasions, and misrepresentation of facts have significantly undermined the credibility of any assertions made by TikTok personnel, including Mr. Chew,” stated Senator Mark R. Warner, the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, in a declaration on Wednesday.
