TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is set to appear before lawmakers in March to discuss the social media platform’s data security practices and links to the Chinese government.
ByteDance, the company which owns TikTok, is based in Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands. The company has garnered scrutiny from officials in response to alleged privacy breaches and national security risks.
“ByteDance-owned TikTok has knowingly allowed the ability for the Chinese Communist Party to access American user data. Americans deserve to know how these actions impact their privacy and data security, as well as what actions TikTok is taking to keep our kids safe from online and offline harms,” House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) said in a statement announcing the March 23 hearing.
