TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before Congress in March about the app's security and its ties to China.

TikTok CEO Set To Testify Before Congress

And if you're a Tiktok user you might be considering, do I want to join Tiktok? You might be wondering if it's safe and it turns out you're not alone because House republicans, they're stepping up scrutiny of this wildly popular chinese owned social media app with its chief executive now set to testify before Congress in March. The first ever testimony from a Tiktok executive. The issue of concern is whether user data is or could be misused by the chinese government and if the platform is a mechanism to manipulate viewers, could it be used as propaganda by the chinese government? Well, unlike Tiktok, other social media apps that we use every day, facebook instagram twitter, they're all based here in the U. S. Show to the Harvard educated chief Executive said to appear March 23rd to mark your calendars before the House Energy and Commerce Committee to take questions on privacy and safety of the app. And it does come as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. Yes. Both sides have introduced legislation that would actually ban the app nationwide. So there's a lot to unpack here regarding that story. We'll be covering in the next two hours