TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appealed to U.S. users of the popular video-sharing app on Tuesday ahead of his testimony before Congress on Thursday.
In a video shared on TikTok’s page, Chew said more than 150 million Americans used TikTok to connect, share, and learn, including 5 million businesses that used the platform.
- Chew noted that some politicians were talking about banning TikTok in the U.S. at a pivotal time for the company.
- Chew appealed to TikTok’s U.S. users to comment what they would want lawmakers to know ahead of his scheduled testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday.
- Chew said he would share what the company is doing to protect U.S. users on TikTok.
- Chew also noted that TikTok employs 7,000 workers in the U.S.
- Last week, the Biden administration demanded that TikTok’s Chinese owners sell their stake in the social media app or risk a U.S. ban.
