Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, Execs Talk TikTok, Facebook Boycott, Political Advertising & Revenue
Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorSnap founder and CEO Evan Spiegel said it’s been really “interesting to watch the U.S. government grapple with the success of a consumer tech company that is headquartered in China,” referring to social media powerhouse TikTok, owned by Chinese giant ByteDance.“It’s a free market question,” Spiegel said on a conference call to discuss Snap’s second-quarter earnings, responding to a query about how government threats to bar Tiktok could impact the industry.