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.



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US senators examine TikTok hiring of ByteDance executives

Senators Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn are investigating TikTok's decision to hire high-level executives from its Chinese parent company. They have expressed concerns about the independence of TikTok's operations and the security of its US users' information.

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Two U.S. senators said on Tuesday they were investigating short video sharing app TikTok's reported decision recently to hire several high-level executives from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance.

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"The personnel changes give the impression that TikTok is attempting to preserve ByteDance's influence over TikTok while avoiding suspicion," the senators wrote.

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TikTok's hiring top execs from China-based ByteDance probed by...

The move calls into question the independence of the app’s operations and the security of US user information, lawmakers say in a letter to CEO Shou Zi Chew.

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US senators probe TikTok hiring of executives from Chinese parent ByteDance

WASHINGTON: Two US senators said they were investigating short video sharing app TikTok's reported decision recently to hire several high-level executives from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. Senators Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, and Republican Marsha Blackburn said in a letter on Tuesday to TikT

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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…

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Senators grill TikTok about ties to ByteDance

Efforts to give the Biden administration new powers to ban TikTok have stalled in Congress. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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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.

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Blackburn and Blumenthal ask TikTok about employee transfers from ByteDance

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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Senators Demand Answers From TikTok Over Its Hiring of ByteDance Executives

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