TikTok CEO, Facing Congressional Grilling, Touts U.S.-Based Data Protection Unit
TikTok CEO Shou Chew, testifying on March 23 before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, pushed back against accusations that the platform is beholden to the Chinese government or that it shares data on its U.S. users. TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, is Chinese, and debates about TikTok’s influence have been colored by the current…