TikTok is still storing Americansโ data on overseas servers, potentially placing it at risk of being accessed and exploited by Chinaโs communist regime. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified on the matter during a March 23 hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. โToday, there is still some data that we need to delete [from overseas servers],โ Chew said, as reported by The Epoch Times. โI believe we will be able to get it done this year.โ The issue of TikTokโs data practices largely stems from concern about its links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) through parent company ByteDance, a Beijing-based tech giant. โCCP laws require Chinese companies like ByteDance to spy on their behalf,โ said Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers. โThat 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