As TikTok faces a ban, other Chinese companies in US try to pass as locals

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew prepares to appear before Congress on Thursday, the app is in danger of becoming a cautionary tale. “I am well aware that the fact that [TikTok’s parent company] ByteDance has Chinese founders prompted concerns that our platform could be used as or become a tool of China or the Chinese Communist Party,” Chew says in his published comments. Despite public pressure, there’s still little indication of how the new powers will be used by President Biden or future presidents

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