Republicans pressure TikTok over China access to user data | Washington Examiner – ChinaPulse.com – China News, Data, Media Intelligence and Insights

R epublican leaders are increasing the pressure on TikTok over the possibility that China is able to access its American data. Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) sent a letter on Thursday to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew requesting documents addressing whether China-based employees of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance have access to United States user data. “We write to request documents and information regarding recent reports that TikTok allows China-based employees of its parent company, ByteDance, to access non-public U.S. user data, contrary to the company’s prior denials,” the representatives said in the letter. Comer currently serves…