Lawmakers, unconvinced after five hours of testimony from company chief Shou Zi Chew, are set on restricting the platform
The grassroots social media effort highlights a tension between the app’s growing popularity and lawmakers’ push to ban it. TikTok now has more than 150 million users in the US.. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content,Despite the protests, authorities appear set on pushing ahead with restricting the platform.
“The House will be moving forward with legislation to protect Americans from the technological tentacles of the Chinese Communist arty,” McCarthy said on Twitter. “I don’t think that spying is the right way to describe it,” Chew said. He went on to describe the reports as involving an “internal investigation” before being cut off.
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