{"id":1120681,"date":"2023-03-23T07:30:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T11:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1120681"},"modified":"2023-03-23T07:30:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T11:30:57","slug":"the-morning-after-tiktok-ceo-says-its-owner-is-not-an-agent-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1120681","title":{"rendered":"The Morning After: TikTok CEO says its owner is 'not an agent of China\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

TikTok CEO Shou Chew is preparing to tell lawmakers that banning it will damage the US economy. \u201cLet me state this unequivocally: ByteDance is not an agent of China <\/a>or any other country,\u201d Chew said in written remarks released by the House Energy and Commerce Committee before today’s hearing on TikTok. The hearing, Chew\u2019s first Congressional appearance, comes when the stakes couldn\u2019t be higher for the company.<\/p>\n

US officials recently told Bytedance TikTok could be banned in the US if the company doesn\u2019t divest itself. Chew detailed the app\u2019s safety features, including Project Texas, TikTok\u2019s billion-dollar effort to lock down users’ data. \u201cEarlier this month, we began the process of deleting historical protected US user data stored in non-Oracle servers; we expect this process to be completed later this year,\u201d Chew writes. \u201cUnder this structure, there is no way for the Chinese government to access it or compel access to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lawmakers will likely grill Chew in depth about TikTok\u2019s ties to ByteDance and China, and whether they can trust the company to protect US users. How will the hearing fare? Congress has a track history of completely misunderstanding the underpinnings of tech companies, whether that\u2019s Iowa\u2019s Steve King complaining to the head of Google about iPhones, Senator Orrin Hatch not knowing Facebook makes most of its money from advertising or the iconic claim from then-Alaska Senator Ted Stevens that the internet is a series of tubes<\/ins><\/a>. Who will embarrass themselves this time?<\/p>\n

\u2013 Mat Smith<\/p>\n

The Morning After isn\u2019t just a<\/em> newsletter<\/em><\/a> \u2013 it\u2019s also a daily podcast. Get our daily audio briefings, Monday through Friday, by<\/em> subscribing right here<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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