TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing titled “TikTok: How Congress can protect U.S. data privacy and protect children from harm online,” as lawmakers review the app on Capitol Hill Chinese-owned video sharing app.
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TikTok CEO Shou Chew is expected to attend President Trump’s inauguration and will sit on the podium CEOs of other technology companies These include Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos, according to NBC News sources.
Also expected to attend Google Trump transition official, CEO Sundar Pichai told NBC News.
NBC News has reached out to representatives for TikTok and Google for comment, but TikTok declined and Google did not immediately respond to the request.
The New York Times first reported Zhou’s attendance, citing two people familiar with the matter.
News of the new guests came just days before TikTok was launched. upcoming ban In the United States, the app is available darken This is what will happen with stores like Google Play and Apple’s App Store if the Chinese-owned company doesn’t spin off its U.S. subsidiary to an American company.
So far, TikTok parent company ByteDance has refused to sell. Supreme Court No clear ruling has been issued since legal arguments against the TikTok ban were heard last Friday.
President-elect Donald Trump filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court ahead of Friday’s arguments asking the court to block the ban in order to support the president-elect in finding a political solution, although it is unclear how specific the ban will be. implement.
Trump has previously changed his stance on TikTok, ultimately embracing the app as an effective campaign tool that helped him win the White House in November.
President Joe Biden’s administration is also considering measures Keep TikTok available The United States will take action if the planned ban takes effect on Sunday, according to three people familiar with the matter.
