By Justin Harper
There’s a lot of things you can do in four-and-a-half hours. Like run a marathon for starters. But TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew spent that amount of time being grilled by US politicians about his company’s social media app.
The US government is threatening to ban TikTok and other countries have expressed concerns about its Chinese owners. Specifically, they are worried about what happens to users’ data.
The US is not alone. Similar moves have been taken by the UK, Canada and the EU, while India banned the app altogether in 2020.
When Campaign contacted TikTok for a response, a spokesman said: “These bans are based on basic misinformation about our company, and we are re
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