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TikTok's danger to teens in focus during US congressional hearing

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U.S. lawmakers at a congressional hearing on Thursday accused TikTok of serving harmful content and inflicting "emotional distress" on young users. The hearing was TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew's first appearance before Congress. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle quizzed Chew on whether American user data could be accessed by the Chinese government.

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TikTok's danger to teens in focus during US congressional hearing

U.S. lawmakers at a congressional hearing on Thursday accused TikTok of serving harmful content and inflicting "emotional distress" on young users, grilling the Chinese-owned app's CEO on the company's outsized influence on teens.

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TikTok's danger to teens in focus during US congressional hearing

By Sheila Dang and Rami Ayyub (Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers at a congressional hearing on Thursday accused TikTok of serving harmful content and inflicting "emotional distress" on young users, grilling the Chinese-owned app's CEO on the

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TikTok’s danger to teens in focus during US congressional hearing

(Reuters) -U.S. lawmakers at a congressional hearing on Thursday accused TikTok of serving harmful content and inflicting “emotional distress” on young users, grilling the Chinese-owned app’s CEO on the company’s outsized influence on teens. The hearing, which was TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew’s first appearance before Congress, comes at a critical moment for the wildly popular video app that is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese tech company. …

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TikTok's danger to teens in focus during US congressional hearing

TikTok's danger to teens in focus during US congressional hearing U.S. lawmakers at a congressional hearing on Thursday accused TikTok of serving harmful content and inflicting "emotional distress" on young users, grilling the Chinese-owned app's CEO on the company's outsized influence on teens. The hearing, which was TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew's first appearance before Congress, comes at a critical moment for the wildly popular video …

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