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Executives at ByteDance-owned TikTok likely lied to Congress about the social media company’s relationship with China.

TikTok is again in Washington's crosshairs as the Senate Intelligence Committee has expressed concern about how the tech giant protects U.S. data from Chinese officials.

The Senate has requested that federal regulators scrutinize TikTok for alleged deception about its ties to China.

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the top Republican member ...

The video creation platform claims that “a series of robust controls” is in place.

FCC commissioner Brendan Carr has asked Apple and Google to remove TikTok from its app stores over security concerns, so does it face a ban?

In order to see what their friends are doing or fun places they might want to travel to. do you think its hard to get your message through to the american people because the app is used as an entertainment vehicle? >> its popular. some people have said, brendan, you just cant dance and thats why youre not happy about pick tok and theyre right i cant dance but wrong about the national security threat. if you look at the national u.s. security agencies they have prohibited tiktok on their devices,...

The rise of tiktok. thats why im leading with it today. theres this nagging question youre going to keep getting asked. let me ask one more way. are the engineers, the people developing this tool, creating this tool, are they beholden to china, and is that a threat to the u.s.? >> no. absolutely not. tiktok is not a security threat. and were doing everything that we can going above and beyond working with trusted companies like oracle talking to actual agencies in the government that are respons...

Americas at tiktok and hes here with me now. mr. beckerman, thank you for coming on. a lot of people have been seeking interviews with tiktok, and its great to have your point of view here. what is your response to the concerns by mr. carr, by lawmakers in the united states senate, and by other american officials about data security at tiktok? >> thanks, brian. thanks for having me and happy july 4th. tiktok is absolutely beloved by millions of people across the country. its an entertainment app...

While TikTok's short-form videos are entertaining, that's "just the sheep's clothing," a Federal Communications Commission official said