Shortly before the hearing in the US Congress, details of the statements made by the company boss, Shou Zi Chew, will become known. “TikTok has never shared US user data with the Chinese government or received a request to do so, nor would TikTok honor such a request if it were ever made,” Chew will testify Thursday, according to the statement released Tuesday night .
TikTok parent ByteDance is not owned or controlled by any government or government entity. “Let me be clear: ByteDance is not a representative of China or any other country.” On Thursday, Chew is scheduled to answer questions from a US congressional committee regarding possible disclosure of user data to the government in Beijing and other issues.
