TikTok CEO Defends App’s Security and Privacy Policies at Congressional Hearing
TikTok’s CEO, along with bipartisan lawmakers, faced a packed hearing on Thursday as lawmakers consider banning the Chinese-owned social media app over concerns about security and privacy.
The hearing lasted for five hours, with some lawmakers hammering the CEO over TikTok’s alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party and the potential for the app to be used as a spying tool.
Despite the CEO defending the company’s security and privacy policies, concerns remain about how American’s data could be used and whether TikTok’s algorithm