TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s scheduled testimony comes as U.S. lawmakers look to scrutinize the Chinese-owned video-sharing app
TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew will appear before the U.S. Energy and Commerce Committee in March, as lawmakers look to scrutinize the Chinese-owned video-sharing app, Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers said on Monday.
Chew will testify before the committee on March 23, which will be his first appearance before a Congressional committee, McMorris Rodgers said in a statement. The news comes as the House Foreign Affairs Committee plans to hold a vote next month on a bill aimed at“ByteDance-owned TikTok has knowingly allowed the ability for the Chinese Communist Party to access American user data,” McMorris Rodgers said, adding that Americans deserve to know how these actions impact their privacy and data security.
McMorris Rodgers and other Republican lawmakers have demanded more information from TikTok, on its impact on young people amid concerns about harmful content and potential sexual exploitation of minors on the platform, the statement said.
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