TikTok CEO addresses lawmaker concerns over data safety and manipulation
Chew addressed lawmaker concerns over data safety and content manipulation in opening remarks, emphasizing steps taken by the company to protect user data.
Chew touted Project Texas, an ongoing effort that he says keeps all data on U.S. users within the country through a partnership with Austin-based cloud computing company Oracle.
“Trust is about actions we take,” Chew said. “We will firewall protect the U.S. data from unwanted foreign access.”
“TikTok will remain a place for free expression and will not be manipulated by any government,” he added.