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From Facebook intern to Singaporean in one of tech’s hottest seats: Who is TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi?
Channel News Asia ^ | 23 Mar 2023 | Lee Chong Ming

Posted on 03/22/2023 8:18:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway

All eyes will be on Mr Chew when he testifies before US Congress, in what some are already calling an impossible task to sway Washington's minds on the Chinese-owned video app.

As TikTok faces the looming threat of a ban in the United States, a once low-profile Singaporean has emerged as the face of the Chinese-owned social media app's latest, and possibly most significant, bid to stay alive in Washington.

TikTok's chief executive officer Chew Shou Zi will appear for the first time before US Congress on Thursday (Mar 23), to address the concerns of lawmakers otherwise convinced that the app allows China's government to access US user data.

Last week, TikTok said the US President Joe Biden's administration had demanded that its parent company ByteDance divest its stake in the app or face a US ban.

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1 posted on 03/22/2023 8:18:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Who knew Shou Zi like Chew knew Shou Zi?


2 posted on 03/22/2023 8:58:31 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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