During a recent hearing, Senator Ted Cruz questioned the CEO of TikTok, raising concerns about the company's compliance with national intelligence laws and accusations of censorship. The senator expressed skepticism about TikTok's claims of data protection and accused the company of promoting harmful content in the United States while censoring material in China.
Cruz began his line of questioning by asking whether ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, is subject to the law. The CEO confirmed that ByteDance is subject to the law for its Chinese businesses but emphasized that TikTok itself is not available in mainland China. He also stated that they have taken measures to ensure data protection by moving the data into an American cloud infrastructure.
