The CEO assured app users that the company will continue to do all it can to fight against the ban
SINGAPORE: After the House of Representatives voted to advance a bill on Wednesday that could get TikTok banned in the United States, Shou Zi Chew, the tech giant’s Singaporean CEO, responded with a video on the platform, calling the potential ban “disappointing.
TikTok, which is arguably the most popular app in the world, especially with Millennials and Gen Z, is already banned for use by federal employees and state employees in 34 out of America’s 50 states as of last year, due to “We know how important TikTok is to all of you. It has given our 170 million users a platform to freely express themselves and has empowered more than 7 million businesses in the United States.”
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