在周三的反垄断听证会上,Facebook的首席执行长扎克伯格告诉国会,他的公司是一个成功的美国互联网传奇,在与中国互联网公司的竞赛中至关重要。扎克伯格话里话外映射到了tiktok这款被受用户喜爱又备受两国争议影响的软件。
TikTok的首席执行官已经开始反击。字节跳动旗下广受欢迎的视频应用程序Tiktok,已成为中国在美国影响力的象征,新任CEO凯文·梅耶尔在一份声明中承认道。
Kevin Mayer说“让我们把精力集中在服务于我们的消费者上,在公平和公开的竞争上,而不是被我们的竞争对手—也就是Facebook—伪装成爱国主义的恶意攻击。” 梅耶尔指出扎克伯格拿中美关系紧张,来强调自己公司在中美互联网公司竞争中的重要性。这位新上任的tiktok CEO,现在正努力说服美国监管机构:TikTok不会对国家安全或美国年轻人构成威胁。这家世界上最有价值的初创公司,正在试图避免被国会列入可能会影响商业增长的黑名单中,梅耶尔同时在探索将TikTok出售给美国投资者等选择。
At Wednesday’s antitrust hearing, Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is set to tell Congress his company is an American success story crucial in winning an internet arms race against China.
TikTok’s CEO is already striking back. The hugely popular video app owned by ByteDance Ltd. has become symbolic of Chinese power in the U.S., new CEO Kevin Mayer acknowledged in a statement. “But let’s focus our energies on fair and open competition in service of our consumers, rather than maligning attacks by our competitor – namely Facebook – disguised as patriotism and designed to put an end to our very presence in the U.S.,” he said in a blog post.
Mayer, who left Walt Disney Co. for the viral video platform in May, now leads an effort to convince U.S. regulators TikTok isn’t a threat to national security or America’s youth. The world’s most valuable startup is trying to stave off a possible blacklisting that would cripple its growth, and exploring options such as a sale of TikTok to American investors. source