Sen. Marco Rubio wants the Justice Department to investigate TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew for allegedly misleading Congress about where it kept Americans' data.
The Florida Republican wants the department to examine whether Mr.
“Chew should be held accountable for making false statements about material facts related to TikTok’s operation, as he appears to have done in this case,” Mr. Rubio said in the letter. “I therefore request that you investigate whether Mr. Rubio and other U.S. policymakers harbor concerns that Americans’ data on TikTok is vulnerable to China. They have raised questions about where people’s information is stored and how the app’s Chinese parent firm, ByteDance, has access to the data.
As part of its push to avoid a ban on its app in the U.S., TikTok has made plans to overhaul its data storage.said last month that his company’s overhaul of its American operation, dubbed Project Texas, was well underway.
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