US EditionSenators grill TikTok about ties to ByteDance
- U.S. Senators are investigating TikTok's decision to hire executives from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, due to concerns about the app's independence and user data security.
- TikTok has faced bans on U.S. Government-issued devices and calls for a nationwide ban over fears of Chinese government influence. TikTok has taken steps to distance itself from China, including moving U.S. User data to Oracle servers in the U.S.
- Senator Josh Hawley plans to push for a vote to ban TikTok, while TikTok has until October 13 to respond to questions about its employee transfers posed by the senators.
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US to investigate TikTok for hiring several high-ranking executives from China’s ByteDance
Given its ongoing hearing on whether to ban TikTok or not, policymakers in the US are keeping an eye on TikTok and what they are doing globally. The Chinese video app, which has been accused of being a front for the CCP, recently hired several executives from ByteDance
Blackburn and Blumenthal ask TikTok about employee transfers from ByteDance
Two of the Senate's most outspoken critics of Big Tech are seeking information about TikTok's transfer of executives from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to understand how close the two companies are.
Senators grill TikTok about ties to ByteDance
Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Tuesday demanded answers from TikTok about its ties to ByteDance, the social media platform’s Beijing-based parent company, following a report of high-level executives moving between the two companies. Several ByteDance executives have been transferred to TikTok since the beginning of the year, taking on top jobs…
Senators Demand Answers From TikTok Over Its Hiring of ByteDance Executives
Two senators from the Republican and Democrat parties announced they’re seeking answers from Chinese-owned video-sharing platform TikTok after it hired several high-level executives from its Chinese company ByteDance. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in a letter (pdf) on Tuesday that the hirings “further [call] into question the independence of TikTok’s operations and the security of …
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