Musical.ly founder Alex Zhu, who now heads TikTok, claims that TikTok doesn't share data with China or ByteDance and doesn't censor videos at China's behest
This is peak TikTok PR. https://www.nytimes.com/... Louise Matsakis / @lmatsakis : The head of TikTok sat down for an interview for the first time since taking the role. The NYT mentions his interesti...
Musical.ly founder Alex Zhu, who now heads TikTok, says TikTok doesn't share data with China or Bytedance and doesn't censor videos at China's behest
Alex Zhu, the head of the Chinese-owned viral video app, is trying to assuage Washington's fears. “I am quite optimistic,” he said.
Sources: CFIUS has launched a review of ByteDance's 2017 acquisition of Musical.ly, as TikTok didn't seek clearance from CFIUS during the acquisition
Margaret Sullivan was having fun. Washington Post : U.S. government investigating TikTok over national security concerns Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz : TikTok could be the next social platform plagued wit...
Sources: the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has launched a review of ByteDance's acquisition of Musical.ly
NEW YORK/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner Beijing ByteDance Technology Co's $1 billion acquisition … Tweets: @oneunderscore__ ...
As China exports its domestic standards, the US should treat China's leveraging of market access into self-censorship by US companies as trade violations
A single tweet … Reuters : TikTok's Musical.ly deal needs U.S. national security review: senator Tony Xu / TechNode : US official presses for review of Bytedance's Musical.ly acquisition Jon Fingas / ...