‘No evidence’, TikTok CEO calls India’s ban ‘hypothetical and theoretical’
Live MintAmid growing security concerns and potential Chinese government influence over TikTok, CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before the US Congress on Thursday. “The TikTok app, which is owned by the Chinese technology company Bytedance, has long maintained that it does not share data with the Chinese government and it doesn't pose a risk to its 150 million users in the U.S. nor share their data with the Chinese Communist Party,” Chew stressed. So, I disagree with a lot of the conclusions.” India imposed a nationwide ban on TikTok and dozens of other Chinese apps, including the messaging app WeChat, in 2020 over privacy and security concerns. "You damn well know that you cannot protect the data and security of this committee or the 150 million users of your app because it is an extension of the CCP," Lawmaker Kat Cammack of Florida told Chew after playing a threatening video that was still on the platform more than a month after it had been posted, despite community guidelines barring violence or threats.