TikTok CEO to testify before Congress in March amid app security questions

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will appear before Congress in March to field questions about the app's security measures, amid mounting efforts to ban it because of privacy concerns.

on government devices. Several lawmakers are supporting legislation to ban the app from the U.S. entirely.

The ban Biden approved, which was wrapped into the omnibus spending bill, included limited exceptions for law enforcement, national security and security research purposes. It does not apply to members of Congress and their staffs, though members of the House have beenTikTok criticized the ban in a statement, arguing that the prohibition was"a political gesture that will do nothing to advance national security interests.

"What happens to your data, if it does leak out of the U.S., is kind of beyond the ability of the U.S. government to control or to influence,” he said in an interview with NBC NewsStill, China hawks in Congress have tried to rein in the viral video app’s power. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. introduced legislation last week to ban the social media app in the U.S.

Meserole said TikTok poses a data privacy concern for average citizens, not just government employees.

 

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please ban it everywhere

China is our enemy. China is slowly but surely moving towards world domination economically & militarily. Western countries must institute severe tariffs & move towards minimal trade with China before they complete their rapid naval warship expansion & advanced weapons production

The Chinese illegals are using fear of TikTok to undermine constitutional and basic rights CongresD

Economic sabotage to congressdotgov

Aka we can't Compete with you so we will shut you down and make an American tiktok 😆

It’s wild how Twitter/Facebook/IG/Snapchat/etc. are all fine… but the company congress can’t control is a HUGE PROBLEM.

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