Monday, January 30, 2023
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew has agreed to appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23 to testify on the company’s consumer privacy and data security practices, according to a statement released today by Congressional panel.
He also will be asked about TikTok’s impact on children and its relationship with the the government of the People’s Republic of China.
Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who chairs the committee called Big Tech an increasingly become a destructive force in American society.
She noted that “ByteDance-owned TikTok has knowingly allowed the ability for the Chinese Communist Party to access American user data.”
Rodgers said the committee has expressed its concerns to TikTok. “It is now time to continue the committee’s efforts to hold Big Tech accountable by bringing TikTok before the committee to provide complete and honest answers for people.”
The hearing will mark the first time that Chew has testified before Congress.