When TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before Congress, he assured lawmakers with national security concerns that “American data is stored on American soil” and not in China. Recently, news broke revealing that some creators’ personal and financial data was indeed being stored on servers in China, where the Chinese Communist Party could access it. Now, senators and representatives on Capitol Hill remain skeptical of the national security risks posed by TikTok and are weighing whether its CEO committed perjury in his hearing testimony. Eben Brown speaks to Fox Business’ Grady Trimble about the contradictions in Chew’s testimony, whether the company is being completely forthcoming about how they manage user data, and the feasibility of a national TikTok ban.
