“Let me state this unequivocally: ByteDance is not an agent of China or any other country,” Chew will say to the committee. TikTok’s critics fear that its U.S. user data could be passed on ...

Wash.), opened the hearing by probing Chew’s current ties to ByteDance officials, many of whom Chew is in regular contact with. “You state that ByteDance is not beholden to the CCP.

Shou Zi Chew, CEO of TikTok. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images "ByteDance doesn't have any plan to sell TikTok," the statement further read. Related: The TikTok Ban Bill Has Been Signed ...