TikTok stresses its independence from China but U.S. lawmakers are unconvinced

WASHINGTON — TikTok, a video app popular with teens, stressed its independence from China in a letter to U.S. lawmakers but failed to convince Senator Josh Hawley, who chaired a hearing on Tuesday on the security of U.S. citizens’ personal data. TikTok, a unit of Chinese-based ByteDance Ltd, said in a letter to lawmakers, a […]

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