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Republicans James Comer (R-Kentucky) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Washington) are launching an investigation to find out whether TikTok allowed its parent company, ByteDance, to access sensitive data belonging to American users. Comer is the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee. In a letter to TikTok’s CEO in China, Shou Zi Chew, the lawmakers request all documents and communications outlining the relationship between TikTok and ByteDance, as well as any of their data sharing, access, and storage practices. According to a recent Buzzfeed News article, recordings from nine different TikTok employees indicate that individuals in China had access to US...
