WASHINGTON, March 22 — TikTok’s chief executive will tell lawmakers the Chinese-owned short video app with more than 150 million American users has never, and would never,...
WASHINGTON, March 22 — TikTok’s chief executive will tell lawmakers the Chinese-owned short video app with more than 150 million American users has never, and would never, share US user data with the Chinese government amid growing US national security concerns.
TikTok’s critics fear that its US user data could be passed on to China’s government by the app and prompted growing calls to ban the app by US lawmakers. Last week, TikTok said the Biden administration demanded that its Chinese owners divest their stake in the app or it could face a US ban. TikTok has said it has spent more than US$1.5 billion on what it calls rigorous data security efforts under the name “Project Texas” and has tried to convince lawmakers and the Biden administration to support the plan.
The video app has spent more than two years in talks with CFIUS seeking to reach an agreement on protecting U.S. user data. Chew said when the process is complete “all protected US data will be under the protection of US law and under the control of the US-led security team. Under this structure, there is no way for the Chinese government to access it or compel access to it.”
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