Video photography and thirsty comments allocated to the CEO of Tiktok Shou Zi Chew began to appear on the platform after the CEO Certificate of Congress Yesterday, when he spent five hours defending the platform in front of the Energy and Trade Committee in the House of Representatives.
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Chew in the hot seat was questions from legislators about the future of the famous video post application, which currently includes more than 150 million users per month in US Lonely.
Both Democratic politicians and Republicans expressed their concerns about China’s parent company in China and what it means to the safety of the user, data and national security. Some legislators have The name In order for the basic system in the United States to be banned due to fears that its mother company, by atizedance, can participate or share American user data with the Chinese government. In his testimony, Chew said there is no evidence that the Chinese government had reached user data.
“Let me mention this unambiguously: crying is not the agent of China or any other country,” said Chew in Written statement He started his testimony.
There are currently three bills in Congress that can affect American access to Tiktok. Two will legislate an explicit embargo of the platform, while the other will give the government the authority to ban any technologies that are the risk of national security.
Yesterday’s session developed the CEO of Tiktok in the spotlight, where he confirmed that the prohibition of the application will be harmful to millions Texas project It would provide a meaningful solution that allows application to stay active in the United States.
While legislators seemed not convinced, it seems that the Chew defense of the application, including its praise for sub -communication within the application, such as “Booktok”, is a society of people to discuss reading recommendations, and it appears to be striking a tendon with those who found an inspiration on the platform.
On the Internet, a growing group of creators appeared admired by Chew’s performance despite the tense nature of the hearing and showed their admiration for the most organic methods: by creating admirers and momentum.