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Washington, DC – Tiktok CEO Shou Zi Chew has been invited to participate in the president Donald TrumpThe inauguration, the day after the social media platform may be forced to turn off.
Tiktok’s CEO is expected to participate in Trump’s inaugural ceremony, despite the potential for the platform to be banned the day before. © AFP/Brendan Smialowski
Chew will join other major technical executives at Trump’s inauguration next week, including Metas Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla’s Elon Musk.
According to a source that spoke to the New York Times During the condition of anonymity, Chew will sit on Dais with its technical comrades. The site is preserved for former presidents, legislators and honored guests.
While neither TikTok nor its parent company change has commented on the invitation, which is reportedly sent by Trump Vance’s introductory committee, it is expected that Chew will participate.
This invitation is important to Tiktok’s CEO as a sign of friendship with Trump, which has in recent months pronounced against a ban on the social media platform if it is not sold for American ownership.
CEO met intensive grilling in the American Senate last year In the hands of Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, who questioned Chew’s citizenship and constantly asked if he had any relations to the Chinese Communist Party.
It is expected to Supreme Court will decide for of the ban, but Trump has signaled resistance to the move and even asked that the court’s decision would be paused Until he has entered the office.
In December 2024 Trump Met with managers in tictok on Mar-A-Lago. At a news conference then he said he had a “warm place” for the company.
