TikTok CEO appears for the first time before Congress- 3/23 (FULL LIVE STREAM)

Join Washington Post reporters as TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The hearing comes as the Biden administration increases pressure on TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell off the video-sharing platform. In his first appearance before Congress, the TikTok CEO is expected to face questions about the company’s links to China and potential online harms to young people. 

TikTok has seen a meteoric rise in popularity over the seven years since its inception, becoming the most downloaded app in the United States in 2022. Critics argue that TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, makes the app a national security threat, potentially allowing it to share data about its American users or steer its algorithms at Beijing’s behest. 

Libby Casey will anchor live coverage, along with James Hohmann, in The Post’s newsroom. Rhonda Colvin will be live on Capitol Hill, and Post technology columnists Geoffrey Fowler and Taylor Lorenz will provide insight and analysis. Read more: https://wapo.st/3yVIlQR. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK

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