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'We are not the enemy': TikTok CEO slams Facebook for attacking the Chinese company and launching 'copycat' product

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Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news &amp; scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.TikTok is going on the offensive as Facebook plans to argue to lawmakers that the US tech giant's industry is a story of American homegrown success.TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer accused Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg of launching "maligning attacks" against the viral video-sharing app that are "disguised as patriotism" in a . Mayer's note comes just hours before the CEOs of America's most powerful tech companies — Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google — are scheduled to appear in front of Congress any potential violations of antitrust regulations.Zuckerberg's remarks to lawmakers, , frame Facebook as an all-American company whose future is threatened by authoritarian China. In Wednesday's post, Mayer tried to steer attention away from TikTok's ties to China, and instead called for social networks to welcome competition and step up their transparency and accountability efforts."TikTok has become the latest target, but we are not the enemy," Mayer wrote. "Consumers can only benefit from the growth of healthy, successful platforms like TikTok and we will fight to continue to give American creators, users and brands an entertaining outlet for many years to come."Wednesday's post is one of the first public statements Mayer has made since he was . The appointment of Mayer — a decades-long Disney executive who is based in the US — has been one of the platform's most high-profile efforts to demonstrate its distance from China, a relationship drawn into question due to its Chinese parent company ByteDance.Ever since TikTok came to the US in 2018 and found a rabid userbase , questions have&nbsp; been raised regarding tthe amount of access and influence the Chinese government is afforded over TikTok user data and content moderation. But TikTok's China ties have attracted more attention in recent months as the president and his administration over those&nbsp;security concerns.&nbsp;TikTok's uncertain future in the US has also signaled opportunity for Silicon Valley tech players to produce apps and features harnessing the app's viral short-form video format. Zuckerberg's Facebook is rolling out its competitor at an especiallu rapid clip, and is expected to roll out in early August a new TikTok-like format inside of Instagram called Reels.In his blog post, Mayer criticized Reels as a "copycat product," and encouraged companies working on TikTok competitors to "bring it on."Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know.Subscribe to push notificationsAn icon in the shape of a lightning bolt.Keep readingTwo crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.

Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news &amp; scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.TikTok is going on the offensive as Facebook plans to argue to lawmakers that the US tech giant's industry is a story of American homegrown success.TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer accused Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg of launching "maligning attacks" against the viral video-sharing app that are "disguised as...

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'We are not the enemy': TikTok CEO slams Facebook for attacking the Chinese company and launching 'copycat' product

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