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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

GOP lawmaker reveals TikTok let death threat against committee chair stay up for a month

AP

A Republican member of the House committee grilling TikTok’s CEO on Thursday drilled down on a death threat against the panel’s senior GOP member and sharply criticised the company for alllowing it to remain up.

Rep Kat Cammack was speaking as part of her alloted question time when she brought up the issue to TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew. The panel’s chair (and apparent target of the threat), Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, then refused to allow him to respond because the Virginia Republican had not asked him a direct question.

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