TikTok CEO expects to defeat US restrictions: "We're not going anywhere"
Kyiv • UNN
TikTok's CEO hopes to defeat the US restrictions on the app, arguing that "we're not going anywhere" and that the facts and the Constitution are on their side.
TikTok's management expects to win a lawsuit to block the law signed by President Joe Biden banning the app. According to the CEO of TikTok, the United States cannot ban the popular short video application used by 170 million Americans, as it is contrary to the Constitution. This was reported by UNN with reference to a statement by Shou Ji Chu.
Rest assured that we are not going anywhere... The facts and the Constitution are on our side, and we expect to win again.
Details
Shou Ji Chu's video message to Tiktok came a few minutes after Biden signed a bill that gives Chinese company ByteDance 270 days to sell Tiktok's assets in the United States.
Context
The US Senate passed a bill to ban TikTok. The owner was given a year to sell his ByteDance app to an American company, otherwise the TikTok app will be completely banned from American app stores. This means that the Apple App Store and Google Play Store will have to stop offering TikTok for download, otherwise they face financial penalties.
The adoption of this ban is the culmination of a long-running political struggle over the platform, whose popularity exploded after its launch in 2017.
Back in 2020, Donald Trump tried to ban the platform in the United States, but his efforts failed. Recently, he spoke out against the possibility of a ban and said that Biden would be "responsible" for the measure.
U.S. lawmakers claim that TikTok's Chinese parent company may be collecting sensitive user data and censoring content that is contrary to the Chinese government. TikTok denies these allegations.
Numerous controversial congressional hearings have highlighted TikTok's data privacy practices. Nevertheless, due to these concerns, the popular video network has been banned from a number of college campuses, political offices, and some states.
It should be added that TikTok was banned in India in 2020 after a wave of dangerous "challenges" that led to the death of some users.
It should be noted that the TikTok app is not available in China.
