CEO Shou Zi Chew’s testimony comes at a crucial time for TikTok, which has acquired 150 million American users but is under pressure from U.S. officials concerned about data security and user safety.
Shou Zi Chew's testimony comes at a crucial time for the company, which has acquired 150 million American users but is under increasing pressure from U.S. officials. TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have been swept up in a wider geopolitical battle between Beijing and Washington over trade and technology.
A supporter holds up a sign that read"TikTok" during a news conference on TikTok in front of the U.S. Capitol on March 22, 2023, in Washington, D.C. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on whether the vTikTok has been dogged by claims that its Chinese ownership means user data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government or that it could be used to promote narratives favorable to the country's Communist leaders.
"Let me state this unequivocally: ByteDance is not an agent of China or any other country," Chew said. The U.S. could also block access to TikTok’s infrastructure and data, seize its domain names or force internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon to filter TikTok data traffic, said Ahmed Ghappour, a criminal law and computer security expert who teachers at Boston University School of Law.
As of October, all new U.S. user data was being stored inside the country. The company started deleting all historic U.S. user data from non-Oracle servers this month, in a process expected to be completed later this year, Chew said.
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