again, madam chair, for having this very important hearing. very important hearing. a witness toda is very important hearing. a witness today is shou very important hearing. a witness today is shou zi very important hearing. a witness today is shou zi chew, very important hearing. a witness today is shou zi chew, chief- today is shou zi chew, chief executive officer of tiktok. we are recognised for five minutes. thank ou. chair recognised for five minutes. thank you. chair rogers, recognised for five minutes. thank you. chair rogers, ranking - recognised for five minutes. thank you. chair rogers, ranking member up alone, you. chair rogers, ranking member up alone, members of the committee, thank alone, members of the committee, thank you alone, members of the committee, thank you for your time. i am shou zi chew thank you for your time. i am shou zi chew and thank you for your time. i am shou zi chew and i thank you for your time. i am shou zi chew and i am from singa
are still some work to do. we have legacy are still some work to do. we have legacy us are still some work to do. we have legacy us data sitting on our servers legacy us data sitting on our servers in legacy us data sitting on our servers in virginia and in singapore. we are deleting those and we expect singapore. we are deleting those and we expect that to be completed this year we expect that to be completed this year and we expect that to be completed this year. and that is done, all protected us data will be under the protection of us law and under the control protection of us law and under the control of protection of us law and under the control of us led security team. this eliminates the concern that some this eliminates the concern that some of this eliminates the concern that some of you have shared with me that tiktok some of you have shared with me that tiktok user some of you have shared with me that tiktok user data can be subject to chinese tiktok user
number data from unwanted foreign access. number three, tiktok will remain in place number three, tiktok will remain in place for number three, tiktok will remain in place for free expression and will not be place for free expression and will not be manipulated by any government. and forth, we ll be transparent and we will give access to third party independent monitors that remain accountable for our that remain accountable for . . i that remain accountable for out m- that remain accountable for out i would be that remain accountable for our i would be grateful for commitments. i would be grateful for any feedback that you have and i look forward to your questions. thank look forward to your questions. thank you look forward to your questions. thank you very much. as look forward to your questions. thank you very much. look forward to your questions. thank you very much. as you know, detest me thank you very much. as you know, detest me that thank you very much. as y
on tick tock. and i think tiktok is inspiring on tick tock. and i think tiktok is inspiring a on tick tock. and i think tiktok is inspiring a new generation to discover inspiring a new generation to discover a passion for maths and science discover a passion for maths and science. now, iwould discover a passion for maths and science. now, i would also like to talk about science. now, i would also like to talk about national security concerns talk about national security concerns that you have raised. we take these concerns that you have raised. we take these concerns very, very seriously take these concerns very, very seriously. let me start by addressing a few misconceptions about addressing a few misconceptions about bytedance, of which we are a subsidiary about bytedance, of which we are a subsidiary. bytedance is not owned or controlled by the chinese government. it is a private company. 60% of government. it is a private company. 60% of the government. it is a
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