TikTok CEO Shou Chew will try to convince Congress that TikTok can protect the data of American users and maintain safety for the millions of Americans who use the popular video app, according to a report. Prepared notes It was shared on Wednesday by the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Chew is due to He will testify before the committee on Thursday About TikTok’s privacy and data security practices. Lawmakers are scrutinizing TikTok and the app He faces a possible ban in the United States. Earlier this month, the Biden administration demanded that ByteDance, the app’s Chinese parent company, sell its stake in the app.
Officials are worried US user data may be transferred to the Chinese government Or that the Chinese government could dictate what content is shown on TikTok in an effort to influence public opinion in the United States.
Chew will argue that ByteDance is not a proxy for China, but instead a global company that will not allow unauthorized access to user data.
According to the prepared statements, Chiu will say, “TikTok has never shared or received a request to share US user data with the Chinese government.” “TikTok would not honor such a request if it was ever made.”
Chew will also say that instead of a ban, there are alternatives that could address the concerns of US officials, in the first place $1.5 billion effort to secure the data, which TikTok has dubbed Project Texas.
“Our commitment under Project Texas is to store the data of all Americans in America, hosted by a US-based corporation,” Chew will tell the lawmakers, with access to the data controlled by a private TikTok company called US Data Security Inc. , or USDS.
Chew will also discuss the platform’s commitment to protecting minors who use the app. It will highlight examples, including how TikTok accounts registered to teens under 16 are blocked from sending direct messages and are automatically set to private.
“These actions far exceed what any of our peers are doing,” Chiu says in the prepared notes.
On Tuesday, Chew She turned directly to TikTok users to boost supportAnnouncing that the application has 150 million users in America. He said in a Tik Tok video that “some politicians started talking about banning TikTok,” which would “take TikTok away from 150 million of you all.”
He asked people to share in the comments what they want the representatives to know about TikTok and why they love the app. The video has more than 6 million views.
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