Six urgent questions TikTok’s CEO needs to answer for US lawmakers

Stakes are high for the app's US future with the administration pushing for Chinese owners to sell their shares in the firm

• TikTok's CEO eluded the spotlight. Now, a looming ban means he can't avoid it

TikTok's chief executive, Shou Zi Chew, will be questioned by lawmakers in Washington on Thursday with the app's US future in severe doubt. The Biden administration wants TikTok's Chinese owners to sell their stakes in the business or face a complete ban in the US. TikTok is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance.

TikTok says such a move would not solve the problem". Under a plan dubbed Project Texas, which the White House now appears to have rejected, TikTok is moving its US user data to third-party servers and is allowing its source code to be scrutinised by Oracle, a US tech firm which will also vet its app updates.