The 40\u002Dyear\u002Dold Singaporean will testify for his first congressional hearing on Thursday
TikTok is owned by the Beijing-based tech giant ByteDance. Biden administration officials, like Trump appointees before them, have argued that TikTok should be sold to a U.S. buyer to resolve concerns about how the app could provide Americans’ data to the Chinese government or promote Chinese propaganda. TikTok’s leaders have argued those concerns are unfounded, and the United States has never provided evidence for those claims.
However, this has not been enough to assuage fears that Chew and TikTok are ultimately answerable to ByteDance in Beijing. Former TikTok employees and technical experts have argued that as long as the app’s top decision-makers work in a country skilled at using the web to spread propaganda, surveil the public, gain influence and squash dissent, risks with the app remain.Article content
He has also, with help from a high-level preparatory team, worked to steel himself for congressional members’ responses, which probably will include several tough questions designed to elicit viral sound bites.
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