TikTok CEO: We’ve not shared US data with Chinese government

“TikTok has never shared, or received a request to share, US user data with the Chinese government. Nor would TikTok honour such a request if one were ever made,” Chew will testify to US Congress. — Bloomberg

WASHINGTON: TikTok’s chief executive officer (CEO) will tell lawmakers the Chinese-owned short video app with more than 150 million American users has never shared US user data with the Chinese government amid growing US national security concerns.

“TikTok has never shared, or received a request to share, US user data with the Chinese government. Nor would TikTok honour such a request if one were ever made,” CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify today, according to written testimony posted on Tuesday by the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.