TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appeared before the US Congress. During this, Chew always emphasized that the TikTok app, owned by Chinese IT company ByteDance, does not share data with the Chinese government.

TikTok CEO Appears in US Parliament

Washington: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appeared before the US Congress amid growing security concerns and potential influence of the Chinese government on the company. Chew faced many tough and important questions from the House Energy and Commerce Committee. This interrogation of the CEO of TikTok lasted for about four hours. During this, Chew always emphasized that the TikTok app, owned by Chinese IT company ByteDance, does not share data with the Chinese government. He also assured that the data of its 150 million users in America is completely safe and it does not share it with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

US Congressman Debbie Lesko asked the question, referring to the ban on TikTok in India and other countries, “This (TikTok) is a tool that is under the control of the Chinese government and raises national security concerns. All these countries and our How could the FBI director be wrong?” To this, Chew said, “I think that many of the allegations made are imaginary and theoretical. I have not found any evidence of this yet. The grounds on which India imposed the ban are imaginary.” On this, Debbie Lesko once again reiterated the security concern and discussed the restrictions imposed by India.