TikTok’s CEO Will Tell Congress His App Is Safer Than Most

(Bloomberg) — TikTok Chief Executive Officer Shou Chew plans to tell Congress his app does more to protect young users than rival social media and Beijing has no authority over its data, invoking familiar arguments to head off a U.S. ban or forced sale.

The app owned by Chinese internet leader ByteDance Ltd. expends a lot of effort protecting its mostly youthful contingent, Chew plans to say when he testifies Thursday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, according to prepared comments reviewed by Bloomberg News. The executive, who took the helm of the viral video phenom just two years ago, plans to reiterate that it would never share information demanded by the Communist Party, which has no sway over ByteDance’s U.S.- and Singapore-based subsidiary.