Head of Creator Partnerships at TikTok, Kudzi Chikumbu, told CNBC on Tuesday TikTok is a global company that abides by the US laws and whose main focus is on the "fun and joy."
Owned by Beijing-headquartered ByteDance Ltd., the short videos application was recently mentioned amid a group of United States Senators who warned that TikTok is bound by China’s authoritarian regime, and could be pressured "to support and cooperate with intelligence work controlled by the Chinese Communist Party."
Earlier this month it was reported that the Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) started investigating the TikTok's acquisition of the US social media app Musical.ly without previously asking CFIUS for permission. TikTok spokesperson then said: "TikTok has made clear that we have no higher priority than earning the trust of users and regulators in the US."
