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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday morning as his company battles to avoid a potential ban in the United States.
bite schedule With a strong priority on the safety of its users, especially teens, TikTok will tell Congress that it will firewall user data in the United States from “unauthorized foreign access.” Chew also said the company is “not manipulated by any government,” and plans to ensure transparency and allow independent oversight to assess compliance.
TikTok promotes a complex scheme known as Project Texas to ease U.S. concerns about its ownership. The plan is to keep our data operations in the US home, and allow external parties to review and submit code to app stores.
TikTok is owned by Chinese internet giant ByteDance, and there are concerns among U.S. policymakers that the Chinese government could force TikTok to hand over large amounts of personal data collected as part of its business model. It has existed for many years.
After two years of negotiations with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the White House reportedly requested ByteDance sold TikTok last week. “If this news is true, China will firmly oppose it,” a spokeswoman for China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
The Biden administration has also expressed support for a new bipartisan Senate bill that would give the Department of Commerce the power to ban TikTok in the United States. Attracted co-proposers.
TikTok became a viral sensation in the United States by allowing users, especially young people, to create and share short videos. The company announced this week that he has 150 million users in the US. This equates to nearly 60% of him in the population if confirmed.