TikTok CEO Shou Chew Posts Message to U.S. Users as Washington Mulls a Ban
TikTok CEO Shou Chew warned U.S. users Wednesday that politicians seeking to ban the social media platform will effectively hand all the power to other social media companies and take “billions of dollars out of the pockets of creators” in a response just hours after the U.S. House passed a bill that would effectively ban TikTok in the country.
The bill, named the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, still needs to pass the Senate and gain a signature by Joe Biden, though the president has already indicated he will sign the legislation into law if it reaches his desk. The House passed the bill 352-65, with both Republicans and Democrats voting for it.
Chew pleaded with users to “protect your constitutional rights” while adding that at least 300,000 American jobs were at risk. He claimed the company will “continue to do all we can including exercising our legal rights” if the bill does in fact become law.