At a contentious House committee hearing last year, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew asserted that forcing ByteDance to divest its ownership stake in the app would not change how TikTok operates. “A change in ownership would not impose any new restrictions on ...

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew said Wednesday that they will not be "going anywhere" after President Joe Biden signed legislation that would ban the video-sharing platform unless the app finds new owners.

The legislation signed by Biden gives ByteDance nine months to sell TikTok, with a possible three-month extension if a sale is in progress. It would also keep ByteDance from controlling TikTok’s algorithm, which is credited with helping the app rocket in popularity.

With the TikTok ban bill approved by the US House, Senate, and President Biden, the popular video-sharing app is now at risk of being banned in the US. TikTok now has 270 days to cut its ties with ByteDance or face a ban, but the app doesn't want to back down.

TikTok's chief executive said on Wednesday the social media company expects to win a legal challenge to block legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden that he said would ban its popular short video app used by 170 million Americans.

TikTok said legislation passed by the US Congress Tuesday evening that would force its Chinese parent company to sell its stake or face a total ban of the app in America is “unconstitutional,” and the company will challenge it in court.

The U.S. government passed a law that will ban TikTok unless it's sold, but the company that owns it says it's going to court instead.

TikTok vowed Wednesday to challenge a law that could potentially ban the popular social media app in the U.S. “This unconstitutional law is a TikTok ban, and we will challenge it in court,” a spokesperson said in a statement.