# Shou Zi Chew

Type: Person

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-15**: Scheduled House Testimony — Will Farrell will face questioning on data privacy, cybersecurity, and Chinese influence in TikTok's U.S. operations.
- **2026-07-21**: CSO Testimony Announced — A congressional aide discloses that TikTok US CSO Will Farrell will testify before the House Select Committee on China on September 15.
- **2026-05**: Senate Invitation to Global CEO — Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley invites global TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to testify on children's online safety; no hearing date is set.
- **2026-01**: ByteDance Finalizes U.S. Divestiture Deal — ByteDance completes the split, creating TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC with Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX as managing investors, while retaining a 19.9% stake.
- **2025**: Hearing Pledge — House China Committee Chairman John Moolenaar states he will host the leadership of the TikTok joint venture for a public hearing in 2026.
- **2024**: Divestiture Law Enacted — The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act is signed into law, requiring ByteDance to sell TikTok's U.S. operations or face a ban.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### TikTok CSO Faces Cyber Grilling: 19.9% ByteDance Stake Raises Data Risk
2026-08-01 11:05:54 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

The testimony of TikTok US CSO Will Farrell will directly address cybersecurity and data privacy fears, as lawmakers probe whether ByteDance's residual 19.9% stake could enable Chinese access to over 150 million Americans' data.
Full story: https://getcyberbrief.com/story/tiktok-cso-cybersecurity-hearing-data-risk

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