Congress grills TikTok's CEO about security of user data

Lawmakers hear from the CEO of TikTok as the threat that the app will be banned grows larger.

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:

Deceptive, evasive, unconvincing – these are some of the ways lawmakers here in Washington today described the CEO of TikTok. He was the sole witness in a five-hour hearing on whether Americans’ data on the popular video-sharing app is safe.

NPR’s Bobby Allyn joins me to discuss how the CEO’s performance might affect the future of TikTok. Hey, Bobby.

BOBBY ALLYN, BYLINE: Hey, Mary Louise.

KELLY: It sounds like a rocky day for the TikTok CEO. How did he go about

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