Donald Trump Meets TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew Ahead Of Looming US Ban

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump recently met with TikTok CEO Sho Zhi Choo at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, mansion. The meeting comes as TikTok faces an impending ban in the United States due to ownership concerns by its Chinese parent company ByteDance. A law passed earlier this year states that ByteDance must sell TikTok by January 19 […]
TikTok CEO Shou Chew asks Elon Musk for information on Trump presidency: WSJ
TikTok CEO Hsu Chu is reportedly seeking advice from Elon Musk regarding President-elect Trump's upcoming second term. Musk endorsed Trump last summer and has maintained a close relationship with the president-elect ever since, staying at Mar-a-Lago after the election and meeting with leaders including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. I accompanied him to the telephone conversation. […]
TikTok CEO Shou Chew tells users to ‘make your voices heard,’ contact senators as House bill gains steam
Defiant TikTok CEO Shou Chu urges Americans to “make their voices heard” against banning Chinese-owned app, overwhelmingly approves bill to force parent company ByteDance to divest It effectively criticized the members of the House of Representatives who passed the bill. Chiu doubles down on his company’s aggressive pressure campaign even after TikTok reportedly infuriated members […]
‘Hell of a Coincidence’ Shou Zi Chew Became TikTok CEO Day After Inking Deal with China
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said Wednesday that it was a “tremendous coincidence” that Sho Zhi Chu became CEO of TikTok the day after brokering the deal with China. Cotton spoke during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation, which includes major technology companies such as Facebook, Snapchat, Discord, X, and TikTok. During […]
TikTok CEO Shou Chew Challenged By Tech Leaders On Pro-Palestine Videos
TikTok and the videos on its platform are now frequently embroiled in global politics TikTok CEO Hsu Chu and other executives recently met with 40 influential leaders, including many from the tech industry, who advocated for moderation of anti-Semitic content. I was wondering why pro-Palestinian videos are so popular on short video apps. TikTok executives […]
Oracle has begun reviewing TikTok source code: Shou Zi Chew
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said on Tuesday despite reports suggesting the unprecedented partnership is “at a dead end” as lawmakers call for an outright ban on Chinese-owned apps. Instead, Oracle claimed it had already started reviewing the source code. On the same day, Chu touted the progress of a closely scrutinized TikTok-Oracle deal known […]
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s testimony will increase ban calls
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s Capitol Hill testimony was a “moment of disaster” for the company that is likely to raise calls for the company to sell or outright ban the problematic platform, according to Wall Street. Analysts are predicting. Chu angered lawmakers with evasive or unclear testimony during a closely watched House hearing on […]
TikTok Trial: CEO Shou Chew avoiding possible ban
(Photo by Olivier D’Liery/Contributor to Getty Images) OAN Brooke MalloryUpdated 12:59 PM – Thursday, March 23, 2023 Shou Zi Chew, CEO of the popular app TikTok, testified before a dissenting audience before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday. This is because his company faces a potential ban in the US. The session raises […]
Who is Shou Zi Chew, the TikTok CEO testifying before Congress?
As pressure mounts for a nationwide ban on video-based social media platform TikTok, company management persuades lawmakers not to take drastic steps to restrict access to the application For this reason, we are applying all-out pressure in court. And as Congress considers security concerns at a Chinese social media company, the company’s CEO, Shou Zi […]