TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is set to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday, his first appearance before a Congressional committee.

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With concerns about the ill effects of social media at all-time highs and tensions growing with China, Chew’s congressional testimony will likely be met with a bipartisan buzzsaw.

“Some politicians have started talking about banning TikTok. Now, this could take TikTok away from all 150 million of you,” Chew said in a video Tuesday.

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