Tech executives don't get an easy ride before Congress, but Shou Zi Chew's hearing was exceptionally bruising.
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A spokesperson for TikTok said afterwards the politicians were "grandstanding". There is most certainly some truth to that.Chew's children do not use TikTok Mr Chew did clarify that the children's version of the app is available in the US, and he would let his children use it if they were in America.ByteDance engineers in China have access to some US data
By any definition the Chinese company owns TikTok. Mr Chew himself used to be ByteDance's chief financial officer.Pressed by lawmakers, he eventually said he did, but tried to downplay the connection.Mr Chew generally pulled his punches. He didn't often take the fight back to members of Congress. But there were rare moments where he did push back - and effectively.
It was really quite something to see so many politicians - who agree on practically nothing - agreeing wholeheartedly that TikTok was a security threat.
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