TikTok CEO testifies before Congress to forestall US TikTok ban

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TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified before Congress on Thursday for several hours as the US government weighs whether to ban the app in the US.

TikTok CEO Shou Chew testified before Congress on Thursday, March 23, 2023, to try and address concerns about the company's data practices and its ties to China as the US government weighs a ban on the TikTok app in the United States.

"Your platform should be banned," Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers , the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said in her opening statement.

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