The allegation that four former ByteDance employees utilised TikTok to access the data of US journalists is also discussed in Chew’s written evidence. The event, which increased legislators’ worries about TikTok, is said to have sparked a DoJ probe into the business. Chew stated, “I condemn this misbehaviour in the strongest terms possible. The corporation is working with an outside legal firm to conduct an inquiry.
But Chew’s remarks regarding China stand out the most. He declares it to be “emphatically untrue” that TikTok is “beholden to the Chinese government” and calls ByteDance a “global enterprise” that was “founded by Chinese entrepreneurs.”
