This week on TikTok: Dedicated users are defending the platform’s CEO in U.S. trials This week, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is appearing before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to testify regarding the Gen Z-loved app’s potential nationwide ban. But while yesterday proved to be a cringeworthy whirlwind on the floor, the internet isn’t expressing the same feelings as Congress. While Wall Street slammed Chew’s testimony, “dubbing it a ‘disaster moment’ for TikTok,” Gen Z and Millennials are proving they have Chew’s back. Clips of the hearing are flooding Twitter and TikTok itself showing how members of Congress berated Chew with “yes” or “no” questions and cut him off when he began to answer. TikTok just announced they have 150M active monthly users in the U.S. (which is half the population) and those users are certainly showing their support for both Chew and the app. Users are stitching clips of the testimony and mocking Congress for not even knowing the app well enough to litigate it....
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