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Did TikTok’s CEO tell Congress that China didn’t influence his company?

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Did TikTok’s CEO tell Congress that China didn’t influence his company?

China’s commerce ministry declared it opposed a TikTok sale just hours before Shou Zi Chew, TikTok’s CEO, testified before Congress about TikTok’s ties to China on March 23, 2023._x000D_which he strongly denied. Chew also said that ByteDance is not owned or controlled by the Chinese government – a notion undermined by China’s commerce ministry’s earlier statement.

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