hello and welcome. the chief executive of tiktok has been defending the chinese owned video sharing app in the face of hostile questioning at a us congressional committee hearing. shou zi chew denied tiktok is a national security risk and played down the company s connection to china. but many in congress are not convinced, as nomia iqbal reports. 150 million americans. even before he arrived, shou zi chew was on tiktok, arguing for its existence. and even before he started speaking, lawmakers made it clear how they felt. tiktok has repeatedly chosen the path for more control, more surveillance and more manipulation. your platform should be banned. shou zi chew hit back. bytedance is not owned or controlled by the chinese government. but politicians and many parent activists here don t believe that. former president donald trump was suspicious. we re looking at tiktok. we may be banning tiktok. ..and now, in a rare moment of bipartisanship, presidentjoe biden and congress a
in the hot seat as he defends the social media app to the us congress. around the globe, an estimated 1.5 billion people use tiktok every day and more than 150 million of them are in america. several governments and even big companies have advised their staff to take care when using it. shou zi chew insisted data would never be given to the chinese communist party, but did accept that data is currently accessible to staff in china. it led to some angry exchanges on capitol hill, as nomia iqbal reports. 150 million americans. even before he arrived shou zi chew was on to doctor arguing for its existence. and even before he started speaking, lawmakers made it clear how they felt. tiktok has repeatedly chosen the path for more control, or surveillance and more manipulation. your platform should be banned. manipulation. your platform should be banned. shou zi chew hit back. should be banned. shou zi chew hit back- it should be banned. shou zi chew hit back. it is should be banned. sho
an effort to demonstrate in the past that he values and cares about young people and cares about their opinion. i think the fact that has not been something he has publicly discussed when talking about tiktok that can be a let down. i wouldn t say i feel let down, but i would hope to see a clear demonstration about how people are being included in this conversation by government. after four hours it s hard to say if shou zi chew has convinced politicians here. president biden has been given the backing by lawmakers to ban tiktok. he has told the company to find a new owner or as. nomia iqbal, bbc news washington. well, the governor of utah has signed a sweeping bill to limit children s access to social media. the utah social media regulation act puts some of the strictest limits on apps such as tiktok and instagram. our reporter azadeh moshiri joins us now with more on this.
trump was suspicious. we re looking at tiktok, and we may be banning tiktok. now in a rare moment, presidentjoe biden and congress are too. they claim that apps beijing based company bytedance has ties with the chinese government and feared data of american users could end up in the hands of the chinese communist party. we don t sell data to data brokers. i asked you if the company tiktok would commit to not selling data to anyone or easy process. i can go back to you on the details. shou zi chew claimed the app could create it they created a billion dollar firewall to alleviate concerns. legally, it s unclear how a ban would work but politically it may be damaging. if you re a politician trying to win over young voters, bending their favourite app may cost you. the president has made
of them are in america. several governments and even big companies have advised their staff to take care when using it. shou zi chew insisted data would never be given to the chinese communist party, but did accept that data is currently accessible to staff in china. it led to some angy exchanges on capitol hill as nomia iqbal reports. even before he arrived shou zi chew was on tiktok arguing for its existence. even before he started speaking, lawmakers made it clear how they felt. tiktok has repeatedly chosen a path for more controlled, more surveillance and more manipulation. your platform should be banned. shou zi chew hit back. bytedance is not owned by the chinese government. but politicians and activists here don t believe that. former president, donald