On the evening of the 25th, ByteDance issued a statement through its official headlines: The news from foreign media about ByteDance's exploration of selling TikTok is untrue, and ByteDance does not have any plans to sell TikTok.
Biden signed, TikTok responded
The bill signed by U.S. President Joe Biden on the 24th includes a bill involving TikTok, requiring Chinese technology company ByteDance to divest TikTok in the next nine months, otherwise the app will be banned in the United States.
In response, TikTok CEO Zhou Shouzi posted a video speech on social media, saying that "we will not leave, the facts and the constitution are on our side."
CEO of TikTok: Facts and the Constitution are on our side
TikTok CEO Zhou Shouzi said: There is no doubt that this is a ban, a ban on TikTok, a ban on you and your voice, politicians may have different statements, but don't be confused, many people who support this bill admit that their ultimate goal is to ban TikTok. It was clearly a disappointing moment, but not a decisive one. Rest assured, we will not be leaving, and we are confident that we will continue to fight for your rights in court. The facts and the constitution are on our side, and we expect another victory.
Zhou also said that TikTok has invested billions of dollars to protect data security and protect the platform from outside influence and manipulation, but the enactment of this ban will destroy 7 million businesses and deprive 170 million Americans of free speech. Zhou said TikTok will continue to work hard to ensure that users can share their experiences safely and freely.
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The TikTok bill is completely bandit logic
In response to the U.S. TikTok-related bill, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin previously said that the relevant bill puts the United States on the opposite side of the principle of fair competition and international economic and trade rules, and if the so-called national security reasons can be used to arbitrarily suppress outstanding companies in other countries, then there is no fairness and justice at all. Seeing someone else's good stuff and trying to take it for yourself is completely robber logic. The U.S. handling of the TikTok incident will make it clearer to the world whether the so-called "rules order" of the U.S. is beneficial to the world or only serves the U.S. itself.
Source: Hangzhou Traffic 918, ByteDance Headlines, CCTV Chinese International WeChat
Editor: Xiao Yan
Intern Editor: Zeng Jingyu