WASHINGTON: TikTok’s Singaporean CEO Chew Shou Zi was on Wednesday (Jan 31) requested repeatedly about his ties with China, in his first look earlier than US lawmakers since March final yr.
Chew was among the many leaders of the largest social media firms grilled by US senators – the most recent effort by lawmakers to deal with the issues of fogeys and psychological well being consultants that social media firms put earnings over guardrails that may guarantee their platforms don’t hurt kids.
Chew testified together with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X CEO Linda Yaccarino, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and Discord CEO Jason Citron.
“I’M SINGAPOREAN”
US Senator Tom Cotton on Wednesday repeatedly requested Chew about his ties with China.
“As you typically say, that you simply reside in Singapore. Of what nation are you a citizen?” he requested Chew who responded with “Singapore”.
Cotton then requested if the TikTok CEO ever utilized for Chinese language citizenship.
“Senator, I served my nation in Singapore. No, I didn’t,” he stated.
Chew was additional requested if he had ever belonged to the Chinese language Communist Celebration, to which he replied: “Senator, I am Singaporean. No.”
Cotton then requested Chew if he had “ever been related or affiliated with the Chinese language Communist Celebration”, to which Chew once more responded “no”, including that he’s Singaporean.
