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Three social media networks massively popular with the youngest users -- TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube -- tried to convince skeptical US lawmakers Tuesday they are safe as worry about Facebook's potential harms spills over to other platforms.

Lawmakers have hammered Facebook for weeks about how they say the platform harms its youngest users. But they showed Tuesday that their concerns about data privacy, harmful posts and transparency stretch to other major web services as well.

A TikTok executive on Tuesday refused to tell Congress whether the Chinese government could access American users' data.

TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat defend impact on kids at US hearing

Sen. Richard Blumenthal said lawmakers look forward to receiving the research "within days or weeks, not months."

TikTok, Snap Inc., and YouTube grilled over child safety; digital lenders face Kenyan crack down; and Zolve have raised USD$40m (£29m).

An executive at TikTok faced tough questions on Tuesday during the video-sharing app's first appearance at a U.S. congressional hearing, saying i

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who chaired the hearing, said being distinct from Facebook isn't enough to cut it for the three tech giants. "That bar is in the gutter," he told the company officials.

WASHINGTON, Oct 27 — An executive at TikTok faced tough questions on Tuesday during the video-sharing app’s first appearance at a US congressional hearing, saying it does not give information to the Chinese government and has sought to safeguard US data. Senators at the hearing also voiced...

Some students and staff in Waco ISD are hoping to turn the negative connotation of social media around.