Testifying before the U.S. Congress on Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew told lawmakers the company is building what he called a “firewall” that would seal off U.S. data from foreign access. He said that TikTok is in the process of deleting legacy U.S. data from servers in Virginia and Singapore, which he expects to be completed by the end of the year. Chew said he doesn’t … [Read more...]
TikTok CEO: ‘We are not owned by the Chinese government’
Mr. Shou Zi Chew, CEO of the social media app TikTok, has testified before US Congress amid growing security concerns around user data. Mr Chew said “let me state this unequivocally, ByteDance is not an agent of China or any other country” before mentioning Project Texas, a proposal that would move all US data to domestic servers. Read more: … [Read more...]
LIVE: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew questioned by US Congress
LIVE: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew questioned by US Congress. TikTok's chief executive will face tough questions from lawmakers on Thursday who are convinced the Chinese-owned short video app should be barred for being a potential national security threat to the United States. CEO Shou Zi Chew's testimony before Congress will also cap a week of actions by the Chinese company aimed … [Read more...]
TikTok CEO shown video threatening committee chair during Congress hearing
TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew, testified before US Congress on Thursday amid growing security concerns, with the Biden administration threatening to remove the app from the US entirely. During the hearing, Republican Kat Cammack showed Congress a TikTok video inciting violence towards the House Energy and Commerce Committee, with the chair of the committee named in the captions. The … [Read more...]