- TikTok的首席执行官周受资呼吁就该平台的未来进行 “艰难的对话”，因为出于安全考虑，在美国禁止该平台的努力日益增多。
- 周受资说，他对禁止该平台的言论不以为然，并担心如果超过1亿的美国用户被切断，这将是一个 “真正的耻辱”。
- 周受资将在下个月出席众议院能源和商业委员会的会议，届时他将被问及TikTok的消费者隐私和数据安全做法，以及该平台对儿童的影响和与中国共产党的关系。
- TikTok的母公司字节跳动的总部设在北京，这引起了人们的关注，即其子公司可能会受到中国方面获取相关用户数据或其他信息的努力。
- 周受资说，没有人提出这样的要求，他不认为该公司需要将这些信息交给中国政府，因为美国用户数据受美国法律管辖。
- 近几个月来，多个州政府和国会禁止政府设备使用TikTok。
- 已有人提出立法，在全国范围内禁止下载TikTok。
- 特朗普政府曾试图在2020年禁止TikTok，但没有成功。
- The CEO of TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, has called for “tough conversations” on the future of the platform amid mounting efforts to ban it in the US due to security concerns.
- Chew said that he does not take talk of banning the platform lightly and is concerned that if more than 100 million US users are cut off, it will be a “real shame”.
- Chew is set to appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee next month, where he will be questioned on TikTok’s consumer privacy and data security practices, as well as the platform’s impact on children and its relationship with the Chinese Communist Party.
- ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, is headquartered in Beijing, which has raised concerns that its subsidiaries could be subject to Chinese efforts to obtain related user data or other information.
- Chew said that no such request has been made and he did not believe the company would need to hand over that information to the Chinese government because US user data is subject to US law.
- Multiple state governments and Congress in recent months have barred TikTok on government devices.
- Legislation has been introduced that would prohibit downloading TikTok nationally.
- The Trump administration attempted to ban TikTok in 2020 but failed.
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