Congress grills TikTok CEO. Will a ban follow?

Hearing in the US Congress: Complete ban on TikTok?

The short video platform TikTok is increasingly under criticism because security agencies fear that the Chinese government has access to the data from the app. Company CEO Chew now answered questions from US MPs. By Claudia Sarre.

The TikTok Hearing Revealed That Congress Is the Problem

The interrogation of CEO Shou Zi Chew highlighted US lawmakers’ own failure to pass privacy legislation.

Congress grills TikTok CEO. Will a ban follow?

The question over whether to ban TikTok sits at the nexus of two broader debates: how to regulate increasingly influential social media platforms, and how to foster U.S. interests as China’s economic and military power grows.

TikTokers on edge as Congress grills CEO

"What is currently going down in Congress is straight up fear-mongering," one user said.

'Your Platform Should Be Banned': Congress Grills TikTok CEO on CCP Ties

Congress and the CEO of TikTok are engaging in a series of heated exchanges over the company's ties to China’s communist regime.

TikTok chief faces off with US lawmakers as ban looms

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew battled for the survival of the hugely popular video-sharing app in the United States on Thursday, as he faced skeptical Washington lawmakers over the company's alleged ties to the Chinese government.The 40-year-old Singaporean addressed the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee for hours of serious grilling by both Republicans and Democrats who fear that Beijing could subvert the site for spying or to push propaga…