New Delhi: There was a time an app named Tiktok was famous all over the world. Lakhs of people used to become famous in their country and the world by the name of Tiktok Star. But what is being talked about Tiktok today? Is it banned in India, which countries have banned it, etc? At present, Tiktok is in the headlines for another reason related to these and that is because of its CEO Shou Zi Chew. US lawmakers put sharp questions to Chew and being unsatisfied with his answer, he was imprisoned for six hours and that is why Chew is now in the headlines of the whole world.
A big doubt
Talking about Tiktok, despite being famous, it is suspected that this app can be used by China to collect the information of consumers and in this way, this app is a spying tool of China that can be useful for any country and consumers. There may be a danger too. It has more than 15 crore consumers in America itself.
Concerns on TikTok
TikTok is completely a product of the Chinese company ByteDance. On this, concerns were being raised in America in the name of national security for some time. This doubt is being repeatedly raised that China can access the data of crores of Americans through this app. US MPs were questioning Chew on this issue.
Chew in the wraps of MPs
The matter was so heated that when Shou Zi Chew was presenting his side in the US Parliament, the representatives interrupted him, claiming that the app was a huge threat to the national security of America. Both Republican and Democrat party MPs were involved in questioning Chew in such an aggressive manner. The questions asked to Chew also included issues such as the facility to make changes to Tiktok’s content.
Hai Chew from Singapore
40-year-old Shou Zi Chew is originally a Singaporean businessman and entrepreneur holding the post of CEO of TikTok since 2021. Born in Singapore, Chew’s father worked in construction and his mother worked as a bookkeeper. After graduation, he became a commissioned officer in the Singapore Armed Forces.
Study business in London
After military service, Chew went on to study at University College London, where he completed his undergraduate studies in economics and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School in 2010. After this, he also did an internship at Facebook for three years.
How he reached the top position of Tiktok
After graduation, Chew worked as a banker at Goldman Sachs in London for two years, after which he worked at DST Global. In 2013, he also led the team of early investors of ByteDance. After this, in 2015, Chew became the Chief Financial Officer of Xiaomi and in 2019 he also became the International Business President of the same company. Two years later, he was appointed as the CEO of ByteDance.
This month, a hearing is being held in the US Parliament as part of the legal efforts to ban Tiktok, on which Chew had to clarify the doubts raised about Tiktok. It is expected that after the completion of this process, Tiktok will be banned in America as well. France is currently the new name on the list of banned countries. It is banned in India since the year 2020.
