TikTok CEO asks users to help avoid US ban

In a video released this Tuesday (21), Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of the app, warns TikTok users in the US that the social network may be banned in the country and urges them to help defend it. He will attend one Hearing at the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday (23).

In the video shot in Washington, the capital of America, the manager is seen talking about the growth of the platform in the country where it is located. currently has more than 150 million monthly active users. The number includes 5 million companies, most of them small and medium-sized, that use the service to reach their customers.

“That means almost half of the US comes to TikTok to connect, share, learn or just have fun,” he says. Next, Chew says that banning threats could deprive millions of people of everything the app has to offer.

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Our CEO, Shou Chew, shares a special message on behalf of the entire TikTok team to thank our 150 million American community ahead of this week’s congressional hearing.

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Elsewhere in the recording, the CEO asks users to come to the defense of the platform, informing elected officials of their preferred tools in the short video app. It is possible for some sent messages to be viewed during the testimony.

The Future of TikTok in the USA

At the hearing, the CEO of TikTok will discuss with US lawmakers the future of the short video app in the US. while Authorities are demanding that the platform be banned, claiming that there are risks to users’ privacy.Chew should present the measures the company has taken regarding data protection.

Earlier, the company announced that it has a risk mitigation plan to prevent collected data from falling into the wrong hands. It also guaranteed that the information is stored on servers installed outside of China.

However, US government officials and intelligence officials seem unconvinced by these actions. A few days ago, the US Foreign Investment Committee recommended that ByteDance sell its stake in the app so as not to block the social network.