SINGAPORE, March 25 — With a five-hour grilling of TikTok chief executive officer Chew Shou Zi by the United States Congress now over, questions arise about what lies ahead...
SINGAPORE, March 25 — With a five-hour grilling of TikTok chief executive officer Chew Shou Zi by the United States Congress now over, questions arise about what lies ahead for the social media giant, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance.
In any case, Chew’s answers before Congress on Thursday appeared to do little to assuage US concerns that the Chinese app poses a national security risk. Since the hearing ended, some pundits have called Chew’s appearance in Congress a “disaster” and likely to"set the stage" for a ban.As the app is owned by China-based parent company ByteDance, US politicians are concerned that TikTok user data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government.
BBC reporter James Clayton said that too much of Chew’s testimony was “spent on the back foot” as his responses lacked any kind of “meaningful counter punch”. Agreeing, social media analyst at Insider Intelligence Jasmine Enberg told AP news that Chew’s emphasis on TikTok’s reach in the US might have “strengthened US lawmakers’ argument that TikTok poses a threat to both national security and young people”.What’s next for TikTok?US politicians are demanding that TikTok's Chinese owners sell the social media platform, or risk facing a ban.
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