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TikTok Still Storing Some U.S. User Data Overseas, Says CEO

TikTok is still storing Americansโ€™ data on overseas servers, potentially placing it at risk of being accessed and exploited by Chinaโ€™s communist regime. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified on the matter during a March 23 hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. โ€œToday, there is still some data that we need to delete [from overseas servers],โ€ Chew said, as reported by The Epoch Times. โ€œI believe we will be able to get it done this year.โ€ The issue of TikTokโ€™s data practices largely stems from concern about its links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) through parent company ByteDance, a Beijing-based tech giant. โ€œCCP laws require Chinese companies like ByteDance to spy on their behalf,โ€ said Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers. โ€œThat means any Chinese company must grant the CCP access and manipulation capabilities as a design feature. TikTok surveils us all and the Chinese Communist Party is able to use this as a tool to manipulate America as a whole. We do not trust TikTok will ever embrace American values.โ€


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