TikTok

TikTok chief faces hostile Congress in bid to fight off US ban

Shou Zi Chew takes tough questions from legislators as China vows to oppose any forced sale

TikTok’s chief executive has told hostile US legislators that the viral-video app will be kept “free from any manipulation by any government”, as he struggled to head off a potential US ban.

Shou Zi Chew received a bipartisan pummelling from a congressional committee on Thursday that threatened to ban the Chinese-owned app as a “cancer” and tool of surveillance.

TikTok has become a flashpoint in rising tensions between the US and China, uniting Republicans and Democrats in Washington who are concerned that it could be used to steal sensitive US data.

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