TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday is expected to reveal the Chinese-owned platform now has 150 million active users in the U.S.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is headed to Capitol Hill for a political showdown over the fate of the popular short form video app. Will TikTok be banned?

TikTok's critics fear that its US user data could be passed on to China's government by the app and prompted growing calls to ban the app by US lawmakers.

TikTok CEO Shou Chew plans to tell US lawmakers that the app's parent company, ByteDance, does not work for the Chinese government as he seeks to avert a US ban and reassure policymakers TikTok poses no national security threat.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before Congress, marking his highest-profile speaking opportunity to date. He wants you to hear this message: TikTok is not a threat, and it has become too important to too many Americans to ban.

As TikTok CEO Shou Chew prepares to testify in front of Congress this week, he's turning directly to the social video app's users to gain support. Chew took to TikTok on Tuesday to announce that app now has 150 million monthly active users in the US.

WASHINGTON: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will tell lawmakers the Chinese-owned short video app with more than 150 million American users has never, and would never, share US user data with the Chinese government amid growing US national security concerns.