TikTok CEO torched over threat video targeting congresswoman chair of first House hearing posted 41 days ago
Rep. Kat Cammack torched TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew over a video left on the platform for 41 days threatening House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers.
House Energy Chair Rodgers assails TikTok CEO: 'We do not trust TikTok will ever embrace American values'
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., told TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, "We do not trust TikTok will ever embrace American values," ahead of his testimony before Congress.
TikTok CEO to testify as social media giant faces ban over China ties
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before Congress on Thursday as the social media platform looks to avoid a potential ban or divestment from its China-based parent company.
Here's the data that TikTok collects on its users
TikTok executives will meet with officials on Capitol Hill in order to advocate for the app's sustainability, while U.S. officials look to ban the platform.
TikTok CEO to pledge company will guard data from Chinese access, in bid to stave off ban
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will tell U.S. lawmakers Thursday that the company has never, and would never, share data from U.S. users with China or the Chinese Communist Party.
TikTok CEO to tell Congress that Chinese owned app now has 150M active users in the United States: report
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday is expected to reveal the Chinese-owned platform now has 150 million active users in the U.S.
Biden admin threatens ban if TikTok’s Chinese owners don’t sell stakes
The demand that TikTok's Chinese owners sell their stakes in the app marks the first time under the Biden administration that a potential ban on TikTok has been threatened.
California school board sues TikTok, Snap, Google over youth mental health crisis
A California school board is suing some social media companies over the content delivered to children and their practices.
TikTok considering splitting from China's ByteDance if deal with US fails: report
TikTok’s leadership is exploring a potential split with Chinese parent company ByteDance as it comes under increasing scrutiny from lawmakers.
TikTok reportedly hires communication firm with connections to Biden
Social media company TikTok has hired SKDK as scrutiny over the app and its threat to national security continue to increase in Washington.
FBI Director Chris Wray testifies Chinese-owned TikTok has power to 'drive narratives,' 'divide Americans'
FBI Director Chris Wray told the Senate intel committee TikTok can "drive narratives" and "divide Americans," adding the Chinese app "screams out with national security concerns."
Senate’s bipartisan RESTRICT Act would block tech products like TikTok made in adversarial countries
Senators introduced the bipartisan RESTRICT Act that would block technology products from adversarial countries like China and Russia from being available in the U.S.
Biden could have power to ban Chinese-owned TikTok under new Senate bill
A dozen U.S. Senators introduced a bill on Tuesday that would give President Biden the ability to ban TikTok and other technology platforms owned by foreign adversaries.
TikTok ban: Who wins if platform is outlawed to American users?
Meta and Alphabet can win more market share for short-form video content if U.S. lawmakers ban TikTok due to ByteDance app’s relationship to China and threats to national security.
University of Massachusetts sounds alarm on TikTok drinking trend after nearly 30 students taken to hospital
UMass officials are warning of the dangers of TikTok's "BORGs" drinking trend after the Amherst Fire Department received 28 requests for ambulance transports from off-campus parties.
Senators push bill to ban TikTok, block foreign tech amid security concerns
Sens. Mark Warner and John Thune will offer a bill to ban TikTok and foreign-owned tech that poses a national security threat, Warner said on "Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream."
Top Republican: TikTok on US phones 'like having 80 million Chinese spy balloons flying over America'
Rep. Darrell Issa blasted the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok as an espionage tool of China, equating it to the Chinese spy balloon that the U.S. shot down.
House panel votes to give Biden power to ban TikTok: 'spy balloon into their phone'
The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to give President Biden the power to ban TikTok, a move that some groups say would be unconstitutional.
TikTok sets default screen time limit for teens
TikTok on Wednesday announced that it is setting a new default time limit for users under 18 years old amid growing scrutiny over the popular social media app.
China mocks TikTok ban on US government devices, asks why 'top superpower' fears 'young people app'
An official with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs mocked on Tuesday the White House's decision to ban the TikTok social media app from government devices.