Exclusive: TikTok’s CEO launches aggressive push to fend off a ban of popular app
After months of virtual silence, TikTok’s chief executive Shou Zi Chew is preparing for the fight of his professional life, meeting with members of Congress and state governors as part of an aggressive push to prove the wildly popular Chinese-owned app is not a national security threat.
TikTok said it respectfully disagrees with Bennet’s characterization of its company and will continue to work on educating members of Congress and building trust. And what was once a Republican-led crusade against TikTok has attracted some Democratic endorsement. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer , whose daughter works for Facebook, said Sunday that a TikTok ban “should be looked at.”
Asked if they’d gained any allies in Washington, TikTok officials this week suggested Sen. Cory Booker , who’d recently offered someof the company’s “working with U.S. intelligence” on “proper precautions.” Booker’s representatives did not respond to requests for comment. Many of the suspicions he’s tried to address, he said, have been “misinformed” or based on “misrepresentations.” TikTok officials have also been frustrated by what they feel is unfair influence from TikTok’s top competitor, the Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta, which has funded a“We should be competing on product and user experience,” Chew said. “That’s the right way to compete.”
But the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, the cross-government panel known as CFIUS that has led negotiations between TikTok and the U.S. for three years, has yet to approve the restructuring package or publicly state any outstanding concerns.
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