TikTok’s CEO faced intense scrutiny from Congress’s Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday as the U.S. government continues to mull a potential ban or forced sale of the social media platform over privacy and security concerns from the app.
’s Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday as the U.S. government continues to mull a potential ban or forced sale of the social media platform over privacy and security concerns.
“From the data it collects to the content it controls, TikTok is a grave threat of foreign influence in American life,” committee chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers said during her opening statement during the hearing, stating outright that “banning your platform will address the immediate effects.”
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