“TikTok has never shared or been asked to share any information about its American users with the Chinese authorities. TikTok would not honour such a request if it were ever made “According to prepared testimony filed on Tuesday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Chew will speak on Thursday.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will tell senators that the Chinese-owned short video app, which has over 150 million US users, has never shared US user data with the Chinese government and would never do so in the future, despite mounting US national security concerns.
He also stated that ByteDance, TikTok’s parent business, is neither owned or managed by any government or state agency. “Let me clarify unequivocally: ByteDance is not a Chinese or any other country’s agent,” Chew would tell the committee.
TikTok’s detractors are concerned that the app’s American user data would be handed on to China’s government, prompting increased calls from US legislators to prohibit the service. TikTok stated last week that the Biden administration asked that its Chinese owners renounce their ownership in the service or face a US ban.
“Bans should only be used when there are no other options.” “But, we do have an option,” Chew said. TikTok has stated that it has spent more than $1.5 billion on what it refers to as “rigorous data security procedures” dubbed “Project Texas.”
Chew stated that after the process is completed, “all protected US data will be subject to US law and under the jurisdiction of the US-led security team.” There is no mechanism for the Chinese government to gain access to it or compel access to it under this framework.”
After routing new US data to the Oracle Cloud last year, the business announced it will begin deleting US user protected data in data centres in Virginia and Singapore this month. According to Chew’s evidence, this procedure is expected to be finished later this year.
According to Chew’s testimony, 60% of ByteDance is held by global institutional investors such as Blackrock, General Atlantic, and Sequoia, 20% by the company’s founders, and 20% by the company’s employees “including thousands of Americans.”
TikTok announced on Monday that more than 150 million individuals in the United States use the app on a monthly basis, up from 100 million in 2020. According to Chew’s testimony, the average user nowadays is an adult well over college age.
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