{"id":9365,"date":"2023-03-22T05:37:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T04:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/22\/tiktoks-ceo-eluded-the-spotlight-now-a-looming-ban-means-he-cant-avoid-it\/"},"modified":"2023-03-22T05:37:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T04:37:45","slug":"tiktoks-ceo-eluded-the-spotlight-now-a-looming-ban-means-he-cant-avoid-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/22\/tiktoks-ceo-eluded-the-spotlight-now-a-looming-ban-means-he-cant-avoid-it\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok\u2019s CEO eluded the spotlight. Now, a looming ban means he can\u2019t avoid it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The typically low-key Shou Zi Chew faces his biggest test yet as he testifies before Congress over China influence concerns<\/p>\n<p>Shou Zi Chew is not a prolific TikToker. The 40-year-old CEO of the Chinese-owned app has just 23 posts and 17,000 followers to his name \u2013 paltry by his own platform\u2019s standards.<\/p>\n<p>Chew\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@shou.time\">profile<\/a> sees him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@shou.time\/video\/7180777020169882926\">attending<\/a> football games, visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@shou.time\/video\/7067879186593008943\">Paris<\/a> and London, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@shou.time\/video\/7125531182393117998\">trying<\/a> Nashville hot chicken, or boating on a lake, often with generic captions. (\u201cLove the outdoors!\u201d). Users have noticed: \u201cBro the TikTok ceo with 41 likes,\u201d one person commented on his video of the outdoors. \u201cShout out to this small creator,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/mar\/22\/tiktok-ceo-shou-zi-chew-profile-congress-testimony\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/16e56def5836198bb0f52b85fe3118aaa7d54feb\/0_293_6000_3602\/master\/6000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=3917e048d1d5142500cfa061ba0ab7b6\" title=\"TikTok\u2019s CEO eluded the spotlight. Now, a looming ban means he can\u2019t avoid it\" \/>The typically low-key Shou Zi Chew faces his biggest test yet as he testifies before Congress over China influence concerns<br \/>\nShou Zi Chew is not a prolific TikToker. The 40-year-old CEO of the Chinese-owned app has just 23 posts and 17,000 followers to his name \u2013 paltry by his own platform\u2019s standards.<br \/>\nChew\u2019s profile sees him attending football games, visiting Paris and London, trying Nashville hot chicken, or boating on a lake, often with generic captions. (\u201cLove the outdoors!\u201d). Users have noticed: \u201cBro the TikTok ceo with 41 likes,\u201d one person commented on his video of the outdoors. \u201cShout out to this small creator,\u201d another wrote. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The typically low-key Shou Zi Chew faces his biggest test yet as he testifies before Congress over China influence concerns Shou Zi Chew is not a prolific TikToker. The 40-year-old CEO of the Chinese-owned app has just 23 posts and 17,000 followers to his name \u2013 paltry by his own platform\u2019s standards. Chew\u2019s profile sees &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/22\/tiktoks-ceo-eluded-the-spotlight-now-a-looming-ban-means-he-cant-avoid-it\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TikTok\u2019s CEO eluded the spotlight. Now, a looming ban means he can\u2019t avoid it<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9365"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}